Space Shuttle to Lift Off Dec. 1
Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
Space shuttle managers today set Dec. 1 as the date for launching Atlantis and five military astronauts on a secret Defense Department mission.
Rear Adm. Richard Truly, NASA’s associate administrator for space flight, made the announcement at the conclusion of a two-day flight readiness review. The flight will be the second for the shuttle program since the Challenger explosion that killed seven astronauts on Jan. 28, 1986.
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