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DATE=6/1/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-250062
TITLE=SHUTTLE / SPACE STATION (L)
BYLINE=COLIN LOVETT
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  THE CREW OF U-S SPACE SHUTTLE "DISCOVERY" HAS CONTINUED 
TO MAKE REPAIRS AND DELIVER SUPPLIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.  AS V-O-A'S COLIN LOVETT REPORTS, THE ASTRONAUTS ARE 
REPORTING NO PROBLEMS IN THEIR WORK.
TEXT:  THE CREW OF "DISCOVERY" IS MORE THAN HALF WAY THROUGH ITS 
MISSION OF MOVING ABOUT 16-HUNDRED-KILOGRAMS OF SUPPLIES TO THE 
SPACE STATION.
RUSSIAN COSMONAUT VALERY TOKAREV SAYS THE WORK IS PROCEEDING 
SMOOTHLY, ADDING THAT EVERYTHING IS WELL ORGANIZED.
                        // TOKAREV ACT //
         WELL, RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL.  IT IS 
         DIFFICULT WHEN YOU CAN  NOT  CONCEIVE OF IT ALL.  
         PERHAPS ON EARTH IT WAS, AS ONE MIGHT SAY, A LITTLE LESS
         UNDERSTANDABLE THAN IT IS HERE.  HERE, EVERYTHING IS 
         CRYSTAL CLEAR.  EVERYTHING IS IN ITS PLACE.  SO WE HAVE 
         ONLY TO TRANSFER THE CARGO AND STOW IT.  AND WE WILL 
         PREFORM THAT TASK.  
                          // END ACT //
SHUTTLE FLIGHT DIRECTOR PAUL DYE SAYS EVERYTHING IS ON SCHEDULE 
AND GROUND CONTROL IN HOUSTON HAS BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE 
SUCCESS OF THE MISSION SO FAR.
                          // DYE ACT //
         TO ME, THE CREW HAS JUST SOUNDED SUPER.  WE HAVE BEEN 
         LETTING THEM GET THEIR JOB DONE.  AND WE SAW SOME 
         PICTURES THAT SHOWED ME THEY ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME AND 
         DOING WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE.
                          // END ACT //
IN ADDITION TO THE TRANSFER OF SUPPLIES, THE CREW HAS ALSO BEEN 
FINISHING REPAIRS ON THE SPACE STATION, INCLUDING WORK ON A 
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, A BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM, AND THE 
INSTILLATION OF SOUND DAMPENING MATERIAL FOR NOISY FANS AND AIR 
VENTS. 
MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON SAYS IT EXPECTS THE "DISCOVERY" CREW 
TO CONTINUE ITS JOB OF TRANSFERRING SUPPLIES WEDNESDAY.  ALL THE 
WORK MUST BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY, WHEN "DISCOVERY" IS SCHEDULED
TO UNDOCK FROM THE SPACE STATION AND BEGIN ITS RETURN TO EARTH.  
THE SPACE STATION'S FIRST INHABITANTS ARE DUE TO ARRIVE NEXT 
MARCH OR APRIL.   (SIGNED)
NEB/CBL/RAE
01-Jun-99 9:29 AM EDT (1329 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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