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Conference 7.286::space

Title:	Space Exploration
Notice:	Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6
Moderator:	PRAGMA::GRIFFIN

Created:	Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	974
Total number of notes:	18843

841.0. "Space Grant Conference/Balloon Flight" by VERGA::KLAES (I, Robot) Wed Jan 06 1993 15:02

Article: 2916
From: [email protected] (UPI)
Newsgroups: clari.local.texas,clari.tw.space
Subject: Balloon launch to open international space conference
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 17:16:33 PST
 
	HOUSTON (UPI) -- A helium-filled, 76-foot-diameter high-altitude
research balloon will soar into space over Houston Jan. 11 as part of
the Third National Space Grant Conference.

	Representatives of the 52 Space Grant Consortis, nine NASA field
stations across the country and the space industry will spend four days
in Houston charting the course the federally sponsored space research
and education program will take into the 21st century.

	Dr. Sallie Sheppard of the Texas Space Grant Consortium and associate
provost at Texas A&M University said, ``We believe this conference will
make an important contribution to the future directions of Space Grant,
both in Texas and across the country,''

	The Texas Space Grant Consortium and NASA Johnson Space Center are
co-hosting the conference. Sheppard said it's the first time the
national space grant conference has been held in Texas.

	The research balloon will take off at 7 a.m. Monday from a launch
site immediately south of the conference center.

	Conference participants also will hear presentations by Mercury and
Apollo astronaut Rear Adm. (Ret.) Alan B. Shephard and shuttle Columbia
pilot Lt. Col. Sidney Gutierrez.

	Other sessions will feature poster presentations by the 52 Space
Grant consortia and nine NASA field centers. Participants also will take
part in workshops on Space Grant policy and planning for the future,
including an extension operation patterned after existing Land Grant and
Sea Grant extension programs.

	Also included are tours of NASA Johnson Space Center facilities,
including space station and shuttle trainers, and laboratories studying
weightless environments, closed-loop life support systems, structures
and mechanics, flight crew integration, foods and nutrition, avionics
systems, solar system exploration (Moon rocks and meteorites), and
medical and life sciences.

	Tours of the new Space Center Houston, an ``experience center''
offering an in-depth look at why humans are going into space, and
Houston-area space industries working in space station maintenance and
testing and commercial mission control, are also scheduled.

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841.1	Research balloon launched	VERGA::KLAES	I, Robot	`Tue Jan 19 1993 14:26`	46
	From: DECWRL::"[email protected]" "Peter Yee" 13-JAN-1993 03:17:38.86 To: [email protected] CC: Subj: NASA Headline News for 01/12/93 (Forwarded) Daily News Tuesday, January 12, 1993 Two Independence Square, Washington, D.C. Audio service: 202/358-3014 % Student group successfully launches ozone-research balloon from Texas. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A NASA-sponsored university group successfully launched its high-altitude research balloon this morning at 8:53 am EST from the South Shore Harbor Resort, across Clear Lake from the Johnson Space Center. The group was forced to postpone yesterday's planned launch because of high winds. The 76-foot diameter balloon will ascend to an altitude of 110,000 feet (33.5 kilometers) and fly across the Gulf of Mexico to Florida, measuring ozone distribution and wind data and relaying video pictures to a series of cooperating amateur radio teams located beneath the balloon's path. These HAM-radio teams will relay this information to a Utah State University chase-van. This program inaugurates a cooperative NASA-university ozone-measurement program. The program also involves other individuals serving as radio relay operators who will follow the balloon's progress from fixed stations in the states between Texas and Florida. The cooperative program is sponsored by the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. The Texas Space Grant Consortium is also participating in this new program. This report is filed daily at noon, Monday through Friday. It is a service of NASA's Office of Public Affairs. The editor is Charles Redmond, 202/358-3014 or CREDMOND on NASAmail. NASA Select TV is carried on GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13, C-Band, 72 degrees West Longitude, transponder frequency is 3960 MegaHertz, audio subcarrier is 6.8 MHz, polarization is vertical. % ====== Internet headers and postmarks (see DECWRL::GATEWAY.DOC) ====== % From: [email protected] (Peter Yee) % Subject: NASA Headline News for 01/12/93 (Forwarded)
841.2	Fifth flight of North Texas Balloon Project	VERGA::KLAES	Quo vadimus?	`Fri Nov 12 1993 13:06`	71
	From: US1RMC::"[email protected]" "John Magliacane" 12-NOV-1993 00:18:35.66 To: [email protected] CC: Subj: * SpaceNews 08-Nov-93 * SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC1108 * SpaceNews 08-Nov-93 * BID: $SPC1108 ========= SpaceNews ========= MONDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1993 SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. It is published every week and is made available for unlimited distribution. * TEXAS BALLOON LAUNCH * ======================== The fifth flight of the North Texas Balloon Project will be on 13-Nov-93 at 08:30 CDT from a yet to be decided launch point south of Fort Worth, Texas. On board for this flight will be a cross band voice repeater with an uplink on 445.800 MHz, and a downlink on 147.580 MHz. Also on board will be a GPS satellite receiver linked to a packet transmitter. This will allow ground stations to 'see' where and how high the payload is. The packet telemetry downlink will be on 144.290 MHz, and ground stations may also digipeat through this beacon using an uplink frequency of 145.890 MHz. The callsign for the digipeater is W5SJZ-6. A launch net will be conducted on 7155 KHz starting about 60 minutes or so prior to launch. A local net will be conducted on 146.760 MHz for those in the Fort Worth, Texas area. Net Control callsign will be W5SJZ (Lockheed Amateur Radio Club) Reception reports are welcomed. Please contact the mission coordinators on the HF or VHF nets. QSL cards will be available for all who send in accurate reception reports on the high altitude balloon payload. Questions regarding this mission should be directed to: Ed, N5PQR @ N5AUX.#DFW.TX.USA.NOAM. [Info via N5PQR] * FEEDBACK/INPUT WELCOMED * =========================== Mail to SpaceNews should be directed to the editor (John, KD2BD) via any of the following paths: FAX : 1-908-747-7107 PACKET : KD2BD @ N2KZH.NJ.USA.NA INTERNET : [email protected] -or- [email protected] MAIL : John A. Magliacane, KD2BD Department of Engineering and Technology Advanced Technology Center Brookdale Community College Lincroft, New Jersey 07738 U.S.A. <<=- SpaceNews: The first amateur newsletter read in space! -=>> -- John A. Magliacane, KD2BD * /\/\ * Voice : 1-908-224-2948 Advanced Technology Center \|/\/\/\\| Packet : KD2BD @ N2KZH.NJ.USA.NA Brookdale Community College \|\/\/\/\| Internet: [email protected] Lincroft, NJ 07738 * \/\/ * Morse : -.- -.. ..--- -... -..