The Nation - News from Jan. 30, 1985
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Five astronauts, a U.S. senator and a French spaceman will blast off next month aboard the shuttle Challenger for an action-packed four-day mission to launch two costly communications satellites, National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials said in Houston. The flight tentatively is scheduled to take off Feb. 20. Sen. Jake Garn (R-Utah), a former fighter pilot and the chairman of a space subcommittee, will be aboard as a “payload specialist.” He will conduct various weightlessness experiments on himself.
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