From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad:tektronix!tekmdp!dadla!dadla-b!sig
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: Dial-A-Shuttle
Article-I.D.: dadla-b.403
Posted: Tue Mar 29 13:36:31 1983
Received: Thu Mar 31 04:06:29 1983


              National Space Institute 
          launches "Dial-A-Shuttle" service

     By calling 900-410-6272, NSI Members and the U.S. public can eavesdrop on
the air-to-ground communications between the STS-6 astronauts and Mission
Control, Houston.
     During the 80% of the time when Challenger is out of ground station range,
NSI experts in the Johnson Space Center Newsroom will keep you informed on 
mission status.  Dial-A-Shuttle will be available 24 hours a day from 6 a.m.
EST the day of launch through landing.  U.S. callers will be charged $0.50 for
one minute and $0.35 each additional minute, with a maximum call length of 2.5
hours.  18,000 callers can listen at any one time.
     The first flight for the Orbiter Challenger is scheduled for flight from
the Kennedy Space Center, FLA on April 4,1983 at 1:30 p.m. EST, with landing
April 4, 1983 at 1:49 p.m. EST.

     I received the above information on a postcard from NSI yesterday, and
I thought the rest of you might like to know about it.
                Sig Peterson
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