1984-07 July IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

Facility {LOEFI, and retneved the
ailmg Solar MaXImum Satellite, reo
~ palfed J( on board the orbiting Chal·
lenge!, and rep laced it in orbi t, uSing
the robot arm ca lled the Remme
.. MaOlpulator System /RMSJ.
The rep:med satellite Solar Max,
which was sent aloft three years ago
to mOllllQr the sun's activities and
had eqUipment malfunction whtle In
orbit, Will now be able to stay 10
orbit ulltll1991 to com pI etc ItS mls,
SiOn
The mEW acknowledgcs thaI all
the astronauts past and present arc
courageous and dedicated indlvldu·
als; and t he presentations to George
D. Neison, Ph.D., and Jamcs D. van
Hoftell, Ph.D., were 10 recognttlon
of thcn pan III the program as members
(If the team that was Involved
10 another NASA celestial space ac·
complishmellt that will beneAt man·
kind and the world.
, The mEW IS proud of the part our
members played lfl the NASA Space
Progralll_ The Brotherhood IS commilled
to the success and future of
.. the NASA Space Program and its
sca rch for technological advance·
ments that will serve 10 elevatc moral,
.... intcll cclllal and social cO~ldi ti o n s of
mankilld. The adventures into space
havc, so far, provided many beneAts,
and th ere arc more awaitlllg discovery.
Other IBEW local untOIlS represent
Standing In Ironl 01 the IBEW emblem are. left to right. Anthony J. Satall'lOne. Administrative
Asslstanl 10 President Pillard, Astronaut George 0 Netson: Astronaul James 0 van Hohen and
Int&matlOll3l Secretary Ralph A Lelgon
support employees at dIfferent NASA
locations, such as Houston Space
Center, Vandenberg Air Force Base,
Goddard Space Center and other
NASA space tracking st3tlOns. Since
June, 1971 when the Arst Honorary
mEW Membership was Issued, the
lBEW on a very selective baSIS has
bestowed Honorary Membership on
only 108 IIldlvlduals. Astronauts
Nelson and van Hoften will mcrcase
that number to 110. Those receiving
Honorary Memberships have tneluded
congressmen, senators, management
executives, judges, gover·
nors, ambassadors, clergymen,
medical profeSSIOnals, and now the
astronauts_
PiclUred here are members or Ih& tBEW Inlernallonal Office slaH and IBEW employees who allended the presentation.
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