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Challenger ready for another sun science mission launch
Cape Canaveral reports Space shuttle Challenger, Clintched for a 50th manned flight, prepares for liftoff at 4 23 p m with seven astronauts aiming to study the sun stars and galaxies aboard a $78 million payload despite a prior abort due to a computer issue. The crew tests 33 000 pounds of instruments and a $60 million Instrument Pointing System with four telescopes while Cola wars tests in weightlessness and researchers monitor potential bone demineralization effects in spaceflight.
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America
NASA
George Diller
Dan Spicer
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Sam Keller
Space Science Program