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All Clear Premature Return Led to Shuttle Worker Death
At Kennedy Space Center an all clear to return to normal work was given before a nitrogen purge zone entry. John Bjornstad, 50, of Titusville, a Rockwell technician, died and five others were nearly asphyxiated during a dress rehearsal for the Space Shuttle Columbia. Two workers hospitalized, one in critical condition.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Kennedy Space Center
Dick Barton
Rockwell International Co
Rockwell
Barton
Space Center
John Bjornstad
Titusville
Shands Teaching Hospital
Gainesville
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Washington
Rocky Raab
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Virgil Grissom
Edward White II
Roger Chaffee