Sen. Garn’s Space Debut to Be Feb. 20
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SPACE CENTER, Houston — Sen. Jake Garn today received his flight assignment from NASA--he’ll be a payload specialist on a space shuttle flight scheduled for launch on Feb. 20, the agency said.
Garn, a Utah Republican, has been undergoing preliminary training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston this week. He now will begin training with the other six crew members assigned to the February flight, a four-day mission aboard the orbiter Challenger.
NASA spokesman Terry White said Garn probably will be participating in the life science experiments.
Garn, head of the subcommittee that oversees NASA’s budget, says he is making a space flight as a part of those duties.
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