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...woman has ever commanded a spacecraft, but Hollywood scriptwriters are known for flights of fancy. So in Spacecamp, filmed partly at the real-life U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala., the plot contrives to have Actress Kate Capshaw take off accidentally and become the first American woman to take charge of a space-shuttle mission. Capshaw, who traipsed dizzily in and out of the Temple of Doom with Indiana Jones, confesses that "before this movie, I was unaware of space except for in grade school." The actress has been coached on the set by no less an expert than Sally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 28, 1985 | 10/28/1985 | See Source »

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