sjb (06/09/82)
Nitrogen tetroxide and monomethyl hydrazine loading began today without a hitch, NASA announced. The toxic fuels, which react with each other to provide maneuvering power for the shuttle in flight, will be loaded into the Forward Reaction Control System over the next four days. With the commencement of the loading, NASA today officially announced that 27 June will be the launch date for STS-4. Lift off is scheduled for 1100 EDT, with landing to come a week later, on 4 July, at Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards Air Force Base, California. There, President Reagan is expected to make a speech welcoming the astronauts home, and NASA hopes he will give the go ahead for a manned space station.