Word: crewed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SPACE CENTER, Houston--A problem with a hydrogen tank aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery forced its astronauts to conserve energy yesterday and threatened to shorten the mission, but Mission Control said there was no threat to the crew...
...five crew members monitored scientific experiments and photographed environmental damage on the Earth on the day after they roared into orbit and launched a key NASA communications satellite...
...other two hydrogen tanks continued feeding the shuttle's fuel cells and the crew took steps to save electricity. Unnecessary lights were turned off as well as some redundant computers and two data display screens...
Wearing the suits instead of the normal casual wear apparently was a tongue-in-cheek response to word that NASA was trying to curb astronauts' penchant for fun. Officials reportedly were annoyed by a televised show two missions ago when the crew floated through the shuttle cabin wearing colorful Hawaiian shirts...
Following breakfast, the Coats crew donned flight suits, rode a special van to launch pad 39B and began boarding the $1.5 billion spaceship cabin at about...