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The West Germans had special reason to celebrate. They are the prime builders of Europe's main contribution to the shuttle program: the Spacelab, a self-contained scientific compartment for up to four experimenters scheduled to be car ried aloft in 1983. Said one official: "Success for America means...
In the back of the van, Biggs was drugged, thrown into a canvas sack and driven to Rio's Santos Dumont Airport, where he was dumped into the luggage compartment of a rented Learjet. He was then flown 1,529 miles to the northeastern Brazilian city of Belem, at...
The reason for the mishap may not be known until NASA and Rockwell officials complete their separate investigations. Yet some of the circumstances are already known. Apparently, safety supervisors erred in clearing the technicians to go into the craft. Before a launch rehearsal, it is standard procedure to use nonflammable...
A sixth technician discovered the mishap and called a security guard, who donned a breathing apparatus that enabled him to drag the five from the compartment. An ambulance speeding to pad 39-A reportedly was delayed by security men.
Kelly agreed that he had stuffed the money into his pockets, all right, explaining: "Ten thousand dollars in new hundred-dollar bills is little more than a half-inch thick." He said he put all of the cash, $25,000, into the glove compartment of his car. Then he placed...