NASA announced that it will go ahead with plans to send astronaut David Wolf to the Russian space station despite the increasing incidence of problems on the orbital platform. Wolf will be aboard the shuttle Atlantis, scheduled for a Thursday evening launch and will replace Michael Foale, who has been flying with two Russian crewmates for four months.
Bound for Mir
NASA announced that it will go ahead with plans to send astronaut David Wolf to the Russian space station despite the increasing incidence of problems on the orbital platform. Wolf will be aboard the shuttle Atlantis, scheduled for a Thursday evening launch and will replace Michael Foale, who has been flying with two Russian crewmates for four months.