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Nation : Paper Delivered in Space Orbit

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<i> From Times wire services</i>

Discovery’s astronauts today enjoyed the first home delivery in space of an American newspaper.

A facsimile machine flying in orbit for the first time was used to send Discovery a copy of the front page of The Roundup, an employee weekly at Johnson Space Center. And it was delivered in space before it was delivered on the ground.

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