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Columbia countdown continues toward historic shuttle launch
A flock of wild birds passes the space shuttle Columbia as the 73 hour countdown advances toward an on time blastoff at 7 36 a m for astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly. NASA officials call conditions favorable though weather remains the only uncertainty. Engle and Truly, veterans of Enterprise tests, reviewed flight plans in Houston before final launch preparations in Florida. At night rescue crews staged an astronaut hoist during a simulated sea rescue.
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Kennedy Space Center Shuttle
Robert Gray
Joe Engle
Richard Truly
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