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NASA Photo ID: 81-H-261
 
Astronauts John Young, left, and Robert Crippen, commander and pilot, respectively,
for the first launch of the Space Shuttle, are pictured with the modified Grumman
Airstream aircraft they used in flying simulated orbiter landings on April 11, the
morning following postponement of a launch of the Shuttle on April 10.  The mission
"scrub" was due to a malfunction in a backup computer.


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