British Astronaut Team Flies to Houston
From Reuters
LONDON —
Britain’s first astronaut, Nigel Wood, flew to Houston today for intensive training in the space shuttle program despite Tuesday’s Challenger disaster.
Wood was due to make his first space flight as a payload specialist aboard the Columbia shuttle on June 24, a mission which is now in doubt. He left with Lt. Col. Richard Farrimond, his backup for the mission, from an air force base outside London.
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