The Nation - News from April 29, 1986
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An unmanned Delta rocket was cleared for blastoff Thursday to carry a crucial weather satellite into orbit in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s first major launching attempt from Kennedy Space Center in Florida since the loss of the shuttle Challenger. After the usual “flight readiness review,” launch director Charles Gay said that preliminary work for the satellite launching is on schedule.
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