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"Young and Crippen wore pressurized safety suits on that first flight, and they were strapped into ejection seats that appeared almost as lethal as the potential disasters they were designed to allow the astronauts to escape." |
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Slidewire training |
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| Columbia was named after a Navy sailing frigate. Launched in 1836, it was one of the first Navy ships to circumnavigate the globe. |
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"The Shuttle Fleet and Their Seagoing Namesakes" LV-1999-00042.mov - 2.7mb Other formats available here |
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