The Nation - News from Aug. 16, 1985
The space shuttle Discovery was cleared for launching Aug. 24 and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it will have better heat sensors than those that shut down one of Challenger’s engines last month, nearly causing an in-flight abort. Discovery’s five-man crew is to deploy three commercial communications satellites and then is to track down and try to repair a Syncom communications satellite that failed to activate after being released in April.
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