yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (11/17/88)
Sarah Keegan
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. November 16, 1988
Dick Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
LAUNCH ADVISORY: NASA STS-27 MISSION SET FOR DECEMBER LAUNCH
Following completion of the 2-day STS-27 flight readiness
review today at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., NASA officials set
Dec. 1, 1988, as the launch date for the next Space Shuttle
flight.
Rear Admiral Richard H. Truly, NASA associate administrator
for space flight, said, "I've just finished hearing comprehensive
assessments of flight readiness from both government and
contractor representatives of all Shuttle elements and systems.
I am pleased to report that the Space Shuttle Atlantis is as
ready to fly as Discovery was at this same point before the STS-
26 mission last September."
STS-27 crew members are Robert L. Gibson (Cdr., USN),
commander; Guy S. Gardner (Lt. Col., USAF), pilot; and mission
specialists Richard M. Mullane (Col., USAF), Jerry L. Ross (Lt.
Col., USAF) and William M. Shepherd, (Cdr., USN).