The World - News from Oct. 18, 1985
A group of U.S. congressmen, just back from Moscow, said they were told that the Soviet Union is building a new space station and that it will be ready to go into orbit next year. The United States has such a station on the drawing boards, but it is not expected to be ready for launching until the mid-1990s. Rep. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), chairman of the House subcommittee on space science, said the American delegation was given no details on the station.
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