Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Shuttle Flies Within 7,100 Miles of Galileo
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The space shuttle Discovery whizzed within 7,100 miles of the Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft as astronauts wrapped up their military work in orbit and prepared to return to Earth. The spaceship and its five-man crew were scheduled to return to Kennedy Space Center in Florida today.
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