* Clinton B. Ford ( 1913 – 1992 ), who specialized in the observation of variable stars.

* 1952 – Michel Larocque, Canadian hockey player ( d. 1992 )

* 1992 – The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland.

* 1909 – F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor ( d. 1992 )

* 1930 – Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist ( d. 1992 )

* 1992 – Marc-André ter Stegen, German footballer

* 1992 – Kim Petras, German singer

* 1909 – V. K. Gokak, Indian writer ( d. 1992 )

* Colonel Shahin Musayev ( January – February 1992 )

* Interior Troops Colonel Tahir Aliyev ( February – March 1992 )

The Azeri armed forces took a series of devastating defeats by Armenian forces during the 1992 – 1994 Nagorno-Karabakh War, which resulted in the loss of control of Nagorno-Karabakh proper and seven surrounding rayons, comprising roughly 16 % of the territory of Azerbaijan.

The winters of 1991-92, 1992 – 93, and 1993-94 brought enormous hardship to a population lacking heat and electric power.

* 1920 – Neville Brand, American actor ( d. 1992 )

* 1992 – Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva, Brazilian footballer

In 1992 – 1993 a research team headed by Tim White discovered the first A. ramidus fossils — seventeen fragments including skull, mandible, teeth and arm bones — from the Afar Depression in the Middle Awash river valley of Ethiopia.

* 1992 – Hallie Eisenberg, American actress

* 1992 – Michael Havers, British barrister and politician ( b. 1923 )

* 1992 – Nigel Preston, English drummer ( The Cult ) ( b. 1959 )

* 1992 – Karlie Kloss, American model

* 1992 – Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner

* 1992 – Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner

* 1928 – Romeo Muller, American screenwriter ( d. 1992 )

* 1992 – The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60, 000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.

* 1992 – Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg

* 1992 – Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King.

Coleman was selected by NASA in 1992 to join the NASA Astronaut Corps.

Dan Goldin became NASA Administrator on April 1, 1992, officially abandoning plans for near-term human exploration beyond Earth orbit with the shift towards a " faster, better, cheaper " strategy for robotic exploration.

Zubrin remained committed to the strategy, and after parting with David Baker attempted to convince the new NASA administration of Mars Direct's merits in 1992.

* 1992 – NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission.

In 1992, the U. S. government funded an operational SETI program, in the form of the NASA Microwave Observing Program ( MOP ).

Challenger itself was replaced by the, which first launched in May 1992 and was constructed from structural spares that had been ordered by NASA as part of the construction contracts for Discovery and Atlantis.

In 1992 a Congressional study in the U. S. led to NASA being directed to undertake a Spaceguard Survey with the novel being named as the inspiration for the name to search for Earth-impacting asteroids.

Bondar flew on the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery during Mission STS-42, January 22 – 30, 1992, during which she performed experiments in the Spacelab.

This included annual conferences on sentencing advocacy beginning in 1989 and the formation of the National Association of Sentencing Advocates ( NASA ) in 1992.

His accomplishments from 1989 to 1992 included testing the F / A-18 and A-7 aircraft ; performing research work with NASA on pitch control margin simulation and flight ; completing the first military flight of F / A-18 enhanced performance engines ; piloting the first flight test of the National Aerospace Plane external burning hydrogen propulsion engine ; developing a new handling qualities rating scale for high angle-of-attack test ; and participating in the F / A-18 out-of-control recovery test program.

The Mars Observer spacecraft, also known as the Mars Geoscience / Climatology Orbiter, was a 1, 018-kilogram ( 2, 244 lb ) robotic space probe launched by NASA on September 25, 1992 to study the Martian surface, atmosphere, climate and magnetic field.

In a 1992 report to NASA, a coordinated Spaceguard Survey was recommended to discover, verify and provide follow-up observations for Earth-crossing asteroids.

In 1992, after NASA axed CRAF due to budgetary limitations, ESA decided to develop a CRAF-style project on its own.

The Pallet, nicknamed Elvis, was used during the eight-day STS-46 mission, 31 July-8 August 1992, when ESA astronaut Claude Nicollier was on board Shuttle Atlantis to deploy ESA's European Retrievable Carrier ( Eureca ) scientific mission and the joint NASA / Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System ( TSS-1 ).

In 1988, NASA nominated Ulf Merbold as payload specialist on the IML-1 mission, which launched on STS-42 in January 1992.

A 1992 US Congressional study produced a " Spaceguard Survey Report " which led to a mandate that NASA locate 90 % of large near-Earth asteroids within 10 years.

The Pallet, nicknamed Elvis, was used during the 8-day STS-46 mission, 31 July-8 August 1992, when ESA astronaut Claude Nicollier was on board Shuttle Atlantis to deploy ESA's European Retrievable Carrier ( Eureca ) scientific mission and the joint NASA / Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System ( TSS-1 ).

* 1992 Nelson P. Jackson Aerospace Award to Space and Technology Group with NASA for Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

* A 1992 NASA study calculated that a 330-ton lunar superconducting quenchgun could launch annually 4400 projectiles, each 1. 5 tons and mostly liquid oxygen payload, using a relatively small amount of power, 350 kW average.

* NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal ( 1992 )

The Software Assurance Technology Center ( SATC ) is a NASA department founded in 1992 as part of their Systems Reliability and Safety Office at Goddard Space Flight Center.

In 1992, the commercial amorphous alloy, Vitreloy 1 ( 41. 2 % Zr, 13. 8 % Ti, 12. 5 % Cu, 10 % Ni, and 22. 5 % Be ), was developed at Caltech, as a part of Department of Energy and NASA research of new aerospace materials.

Thomas was selected by NASA in March 1992 and reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992.