NASA picks Lucid, Linenger for next two Mir visits

NASA has picked two space veterans-Shannon W. Lucid and Jerry M. Linenger-as prime astronauts for the next two U.S. visits to Russia's Mir space station. Lucid, a 52-year-old biochemistry PhD who has flown on four Space Shuttle missions, will spend five months on the Russian station in 1996, NASA...

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