U.S., France ink agreement for shuttle abort site
The United States and French governments have agreed to establish a Transoceanic Abort Landing site for the space shuttle at Istres Air Base 125 in southern France. The agreement provides for landing at the French air force base for a shuttle that has an emergency and is unable to reach orbit or a...
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