All seems well on board
NZPA-Reuter Cape Canaveral Scientific experiments were finally running smoothly aboard the space shuttle Challenger yesterday after three days of false starts, technical troubles and delays. The biggest breakthrough came with activation of a mighty ultra-violet solar telescope, which beamed to Earth detailed images of violent explosions on the Sun. The solar images were recorded in spite of a mechanical glitch in a SUS6O million ($113.99 million) platform meant to aim the four solar telescopes. Astronauts got round the problem by overriding faulty optical sensors. Testing of the West Ger-man-built optical pointing system is a key objective of Challenger’s seven-day flight. An identical unit will be used next March to study Halley’s Comet. A power failure crippled a solar telescope only hours after lift-off. “We are optimistic we can achieve normal operation of the system,” one space agency official said.
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Press, 2 August 1985, Page 6
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