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Feb. 02, 1994 - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A golden new era in space cooperation begins with a flawless countdown and the on time liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery on Mission STS-60. Liftoff from Launch pad 39A occurred at 7:10:01 a.m.EST. The first shuttle mission of 1994 carries the first Russian cosmonaut, Sergei k. Krikalev, to fly on the space shuttle. The veteran space traveler joins astronauts N.Jan Davis and Ronald M. Sega, mission specialists; Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, payload Commander: Kenneth S. Reightler, pilot; and Charles F. Bolden Jr. mission Commander, on an eight-day journey. Primary Payloads of the 60th Space Shuttle flight are the Spacehab-2 laboratory and the Wake Shield Facility

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60th Astronauts Begins Bolden Cosmonaut Countdown Eight-day Facility Flawless Joins Krikalev Liftoff Occurred Payload Primary Shuttle Specialists Traveler Wake

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