Ride Leads Challenger Satellite Deploy On Space Mission
Space shuttle Challenger crew led by Sally Ride completed a second successful satellite deployment for a paying customer. Palapa B, Indonesian telecom satellite, deployed at 9:36 am CT on orbit 18, then entered a higher stationary orbit. crew praised performance while continuing experiments and checks on the 50 foot mechanical arm.
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Fla
UPI
Sally Ride
NASA
America
John Fabian
Norman Thagard
Robert Crippen
Frederick Hauck
Ms. Ride
Jon McBride
Earth
Billy Joel
Challenger
Ride Names and Officials in a Name Game at Challenger Blastoff
An informal survey finds several people whose names echo their roles. Sally Ride, Space Shuttle Challenger mission figure, is linked with Justice and Burns, while others like Lee Straw and Robert Furlong share notable surnames. The piece riffs on the aphorism what’s in a name and catalogs several individuals with matching names and positions.
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Chicago
UPI
Sally Ride
William Justice
Ben Burns
Lee Straw
Robert Furlong
Sally
Tyler
Texas
John Justice
6Th Circuit
Chester
S.C
Raymond Case
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska Extension
Alex Hogg
Donald G. Butcher
State Agricultural and Technical College
Morrisville
N.Y
Norris
Dennis Nosal
Elwood T
Woody
National Transportation Safety Board
World watches space phone during Challenger mission
More than 162000 listeners worldwide tapped AT&T space phone to hear Mission Control chatter with Sally Ride and fellow astronauts. By Sunday noon, 139807 domestic and 22301 overseas calls logged as the link-up operated from launch to post landing phases following the 7:33 a.m. Saturday liftoff.
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Sally Ride
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
John Brown
Mission Control
United States
Bermuda
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