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Rahn
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
July 18, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1639)
RELEASE: 94-119
o Telemedicine:
o Space Biology:
o Space welding:
A possible NASA/Ukraine Joint Flight Demonstration of the
Ukrainian Universal Hand Tool (UHT) was discussed. If
approved, NASA will lease the UHT from the Paton Institute,
Kiev, Ukraine. The institute is a world leader in space
welding technologies which could offer viable techniques for
assembly and repair of large space structures. A flight
demonstration project of the UHT could begin as early as
October 1994 with an estimated flight date on the Space
Shuttle planned for late 1997.
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