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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1986
Page
9
The passage explains posture changes in zero gravity, including height increase, swelling of the face, and shrinking feet and waist. It notes muscles weaken without exercise and outlines routines like a treadmill for 15 minutes daily. It mentions sponge baths, space-saving meals, dehydrated foods, no refrigerator, and magnets securing items.
The system uses toe and handholds for toilet access, a waterless facility with a fan drawing waste through a floor hole. Three horizontal bunks house crew, with bunks 1 and 2 used face up and bunk 3 face down strapped beneath. A fourth station holds another crew member vertically. the seven-member crew can sleep concurrently in four hanging and three bunk positions in shifts.
President Reagan announced a teacher would join the next shuttle mission as the first private citizen in space. Christa McAuliffe says she will diary the voyage and teach on board, sharing an ordinary person's view of the space age. Barbara Morgan, 36, Idaho, is the backup teachernaut ready if needed.
The mission, set for late January, will run six days with a seven member crew including Judith Resnick on her second trip. A teacher will conduct two PBS live lessons from space and perform other experiments. Challenger will launch two satellites one to stay aloft for communications, the other to orbit Halley's comet for 48 hours before retrieval.
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