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Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: 1984 Shuttle Plans
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Date: Fri, 9-Dec-83 23:26:59 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  9 23:26:59 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 11-Dec-83 00:40:38 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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Now that STS-9 has landed, NASA is busy preparing for 1984's
launch schedule.  The year will feature 10 missions, beginning
with STS-10, scheduled to launch on 30 January.  It will be
the Challenger, and the highlight will be the first test of
the jet backpack; an astronaut will fly 300 feet from the
shuttle (without a tether line) and then back.  This will
be in preparation for STS-11, scheduled to launch on 4 April,
in which an astronaut will fly out to the Solar Max satellite,
connect it to the RMS, and bring it back to the shuttle for
repairs.  After this flight, the mission frequency will increase
to one per month with two in August.  Discovery will make
its maiden flight in June (Atlantis in 1985).  Twelve launches
are planned for 1985 with a rate of 24 per year to be attained
by 1987.