Timely, but I was just guessing earlier today, 06/24/2019, about the parachute.

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/17/us/shuttle-uses-parachute-to-chalk-up-another-first.html

The New York Times

Shuttle Uses Parachute to Chalk Up Another First

May 17, 1992

The New York Times Archives

The space shuttle Endeavour glided to earth this afternoon, ending a nine-day inaugural voyage that featured a daring rescue of a wayward communications satellite.

"Welcome to California and congratulations on a spectacular and historic flight," Jim Halsell of NASA told the astronauts.

Under the command of Capt. Daniel C. Brandenstein of the Navy, the new shuttle landed at 4:57 P.M. Eastern daylight time on this hot, slightly hazy day in the Mojave Desert. As planned, within seconds of touching down, the space craft released a 40-foot-wide drag parachute to help slow it down.

This was the first parachute-aided landing for a shuttle, a practice that the space program is expected to adopt for all shuttles over the next few years to promote safer landings. Mission's Two Goals

For many at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the completion of the mission closes a difficult chapter in the nation's space program. The Endeavour is the replacement ship for the Challenger, which exploded on take-off six years ago, killing six astronauts and a teacher.

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With Endeavour, NASA once again has a fleet of four shuttles.

The Endeavour, with a crew of six men and one woman, blasted off on May 7 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. It was the 47th flight in the space shuttle's 11 years of operations and the 22d since the Challenger tragedy.

The mission had two goals: to send a satellite, owned by the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, into a higher orbit and to practice assembly techniques needed to build NASA's proposed space station.

Both tasks were achieved, though not quite as the space agency had planned. It took three spacewalks to rescue the $150 million satellite instead of the one that NASA had scheduled.

This was the last opportunity to save the satellite, which was descending into earth's atmosphere, where it would have been destroyed.

The final successful rescue effort involved an unprecedented number of astronauts, three, venturing into space and grabbing the satellite with their gloved hands. Once they had maneuvered the satellite into the shuttle's cargo bay, an engine booster was attached that later sent it to a higher orbit. The task required what NASA said was an 8 1/2-hour spacewalk, the longest ever. Extra Days in Space

Because of the extra time required for the satellite rescue, the shuttle's mission was extended two days.

The shuttle arrived right on time to the delight of more than 110,000 people who cheered as the craft set down at 225 miles an hour on the 2.8-mile concete runway and deployed its parachute.

The Endeavour is the only shuttle with a built-in drag chute system.

In the past, landings have severely worn the shuttles' brake systems and damaged their tires, causing at least one flat. NASA officials hope that the drag chute will relieve those problems.

In a news conference after today's landing, Don Puddy, director of flight crew operations at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, said that it was too soon to assess the effect of the parachute. He added that it had apparently reduced by 600 feet the amount of runway used as the shuttle landed.

The astronauts aboard the Endeavour were Captain Brandenstein, 49 years old, the mission commander; Lieut. Col. Kevin P. Chilton, 38, of the Air Force, the pilot; Lieut. Col. Thomas D. Akers, 40, of the Air Force; Richard J. Hieb, 36; Comdr. Bruce E. Melnick, 42, of the Coast Guard; Dr. Kathryn C. Thornton, 39, and Comdr. Pierre J. Thout, 36, of the Navy.

The next shuttle flight, and the longest one yet, is a scientific research mission by Columbia that is planned for 13 days in June. The Endeavour is scheduled to fly again in September.








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Kerry Burgess

March 15, 2018 at 9:20 pm

Lady Bouvier's Lover (The Simpsons)

Original airdate in N.A.: 12-May-94

[End of Act Two. Time: 13:39]

Burns is jubilant in his office the next day.

Burns: Smithers, guess what happened to me last night?

Smithers: I don't know, sir. You had sex with that old woman?

Burns: She said "no" to me! Do you know how many women have said "no" to me? One hundred thirty, but only one since I've become a billionaire. And _she's_ the one for me. I'm in love!

[Smithers groans]

Smithers: Whoop-de-do, sir.

Burns: Yes, whoop-de-do! Whoop-de-do to the world. Whoop-de-do, Mr. Florist. Whoop-de-do, Mr. Physical Trainer. Whoop-de-do, Mr. President!

Clinton: I'm happy you finally found love.

Burns: Whoop-de-do, Tarantula Town! [grabs PA mike] Whoop-de-do, employees! Everyone who's found true love may leave early today!

Everyone: Yay! [run off, except one man, who cries]








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https://www.nasa.gov/content/astronaut-candidate-land-survival-training

NASA official website

Aug. 30, 2013

Astronaut Candidate Land Survival Training

JSC2013-E-078098 (26-28 Aug. 2013) --- As the first phase of their extensive training program along the way to become full-fledged astronauts, eight new candidates spent three days in the wild participating in their land survival training, near Rangeley, Maine. They took a brief breather along the way to pose for a group portrait with instructors, trainers and other participants (seen on the back row) in the training. On the front row, from left to right, are Tyler N. (Nick) Hague, Jessica U. Meir, Josh A. Cassada, Nicole A. Mann, Andrew R. Morgan, Christina M. Hammock, Anne C. McClain and Victor J. Glover. Photo credit: NASA



- posted by Kerry Burgess 2:32 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Monday 24 June 2019