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1360-IF KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. FLA.-THE THIRD SPACE SHUTTLE VEHICLE
G-571 (STS-3) THUNDERS ALOFT ON TWIN CLOUDS OF FIRE, BEGINNING
A PLANNED WEEK-LONG MISSION FOR COMMANDER JACK LOUSMA
AND PILOT GORDON FULLERTON. THE REUSABLE SPACESHIP COLUMBIA
BEGAN ITS THIRD TRIP INTO ORBIT AT A FRACTION OF A SECOND
BEFORE 11:00 AM IST ON MARCH 22, CARRYING AN OSS-1
PALLET OF EXPERIMENTS TO SENSE THE ORBITER'S ENVIRONMENT
AND OBSERVE THE SUN. TWO EXPERIMENTS FOR MATERIALS
PROCCESING AND TWO FOR STUDYING PLANT-GROWTH IN ZERO-
GRAVITY, A "GETAWAY SPECIAL" TEST CANISTER, AND THE REMOTE
MANIPULATER SYSTEM.
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