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Tue Apr 20 21:51:39 1982
Turnaround Work on Schedule
NASA today announced that the turnaround for STS-4 is proceeding
on schedule, and they still are aiming for a late June launch.
Officials today said that they expect to roll the shuttle to the
VAB in the middle of May.  There it will be mated with the external
tank and two SRB's, already mated.  Some 800 tiles have already been
removed for improvement, and a turbo fuel pump in one of the main
engines has been removed for replacement.

In other announcements, NASA said that Richard Truly (STS-2) would
command STS-8 and that John Young (STS-1) would command STS-9.  STS-9
will be the first flight that will take the European Space Lab up
into orbit.  Both are Challenger flights.