NASA SP-2000-4028 ASTRONAUTICS AND - AERONAUTICS, 1991 1995 A Chronology Compiled by Ihor Y. Gawdiak and Charles Shetland THE NASA HISTORY SERIES National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Policy and Plans NASA History Division Washington, DC 2000 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP. Washington. DC 20402-9328 ISBN 0-16 -050408-2 I Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gawdiak, Ihor, 1935- Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1991-1995 : a chronology / by Ihor Y. Gawdiak and Charles Shetland. p. cm. - (NASA history series) Includes index. 1. Astronautics-Chronology. 2. Aeronautics-Chronology. I. Shetland, Charles, 19??-. 111. Title. IV. Series. TL788.5.G38 1997 97-202 15 629, I ' 09--dc2 1 CIP Preface This chronology of events in aeronautics, aviation, space science, and space exploration was prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress and RSlS for the History Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It covers the years 1991-1995 and continues the series of annual chronologies published by NASA. The present volume uses the format of the previous edition of this series, Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1986-1 990: A Chronology. It also integrates, in the appendices, information presented in previous publications. Contents ... Preface ..................................................1.11 Astronautics and Aeronautics. 1991 ............................3. ........................... Astronautics and Aeronautics. 1992 165 Astronautics and Aeronautics. 1993 ..........................2.9 1 Astronautics and Aeronautics. 1994 ..........................4.5 3 Astronautics and Aeronautics. 1995 ...........................6 19 Appendix A Satellites. Space Probes. and Human Space Flights ............6 71 Appendix B Abbreviations of References ..............................7 29 Index ................................................7.3.5 .................................. The NASA History Series 765 About the Compilers .....................................7.7 3