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A preview of NASA's next spaceflight is provided by this scene in the Johnson Space Center's Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) with four-fifths of the crew in the same stations they will be in for launch and landing phases of the Challenger's second space mission. They are (left-right) Astronauts Robert L. Crippen, crew commander; Frederick h. Hauck, pilot; John M. Fabian and Dr. Sally K. Ride, mission specialists. Dr. Norman e. Thagard, a third mission specialist, is to be seated in the mid-deck area below the flight deck for launch and landing phases. |
