Mir spacewalk

3432P@VM1.CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL
Sun, 2 Nov 97 22:57:47 PST

Florida Today Online is reporting that a Mir spacewalk began at 0332 UT
Monday to remove a solar panel and to hand-launch the Sputnik 1/3 scale
replica.  I'm assuming the solar panel will be jettisoned, but the article
didn't explicitly say so.  It just said the panel will be removed.  Mir
will make pre-dawn passes Monday for the southern half of the U.S., Central
America, and Hawaii.  Evening passes for N.Z., southern Australia, and
South Africa are coming up, as well.

The URL for the spacewalk story is subject to change, but is currently:
http://www.flatoday.com/space/today/110397b.htm

Craig Cholar