Word: space
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--Discovery's five astronauts, anxious to break an agonizing 32-month drought in American spaceflight, were "elated to be headed for space" yesterday as the overnight countdown began for a midmorning launch today...
NASA officials were admittedly nervous, but confident. "The space shuttle is ready to fly," said Shuttle Administrator Richard Truly, adding, "Even the weather is looking good...
NASA's deputy administrator Dale Myers exulted that "we have been working two years to put the shuttle back in business and tomorrow is the day we plan to do that." He said "it's really the beginning of the future for our space program...
...four-day Discovery mission will be the first shuttle flight since Challenger exploded in a fireball 73 seconds after liftoff from the same launch pad on Jan. 28, 1986. The accident ceded manned space to the Soviet Union, which has put 16 cosmonauts into orbit since then, aboard six flights...
...asked the Afghan government to cease its violations of Pakistan's air space with war plane overfights and air raids on guerrilla camps...