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First U S shuttle flight with cosmonaut ends safely
Discovery and its crew landed in Florida after the first US spaceflight with a Russian cosmonaut aboard. Sergei Krikalev became the first Russian on a US shuttle during the Feb 3 launch, as Mission Control praised the new era of cooperation. The Wake Shield Facility failed to deploy, delaying satellite release. The crew orbited 131 times, traveling 3,439,704 miles.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Discovery
Florida
Sergei Kiikalev
Mir Space Station
Mission Control
Mr. Krikalev
Mir
Secon
Musa
Anarov
Canada
Montana
Midwest
Earth
Charles Bolden Jr
Russia