SHUTTLE/MIR FLIGHTS POSE NEW CHALLENGES
Even before Discovery landed, U.S. and Russian space officials and contractors had begun applying lessons of the space shuttle's first flight to Mir. The 67th shuttle flight ended Feb. 11 with a predawn landing at Kennedy Space Center at 5:51 a.m. EST. Data gathered in Mission 63's close approach...
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