Orbital manoeuvres in the dark

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The construction of the world's first international space station will enter a crucial phase in summer 1995 as the American space shuttle 'Atlantis' docks with the Russian Mir space station. The programme has attracted considerable controversy, with some US politicians and space officials opposing links with Russia. This stage will certainly test the will and determination of all sides to cooperate for the common good.

International aspects, Space stations

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The sharpest eyes in the Universe

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The W M Keck Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii has a unique mirror system. It cost 65 million pounds sterling ($100 million.) It is four times the size of the Hale Telescope and can detect things twice as far away. Professor Jerry Nelson designed the complex hexagonal mirrors with stressed-mirror polishing. The 36 segments are aligned accurately. It is ten meters in diameter and weighs 15 tons.

Innovations, Telescope, Telescopes, Astronomical observatories, W.M. Keck Observatory

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David Walker

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Pilot and astronaut David Walker was born in Columbus, GA, in 1944. He studied at the US Naval Academy and with Naval Aviation Training Command. He was pilot on the 14th shuttle flight in 1984.

Obituary, Air pilots, Aircraft pilots, Walker, David Mathieson

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