STS-44

DATE: November 25, 1991

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Comment:

• Space - the final frontier. This is the voyage of the Space Shuttle Atlantis - Its ten-day mission: To explore new methods of remote sensing and observation of the planet Earth - To seek out new data on radiation in space, and a new understanding of the effects of microgravity on the human body - To boldly go where two hundred and fifty-five men and women have gone before. Hello - Fred, Tom, Story, Jim, Tom, and especially Mario - This is Patrick Stewart, choosing not to outrank you as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, saying that we are confident of a productive and successful mission. Make it so. All this to the theme music of Star Trek - the Next Generation Capcom Marsha Ivins contacted actor Patrick Stewart to request the special wakeup call for Mario Runco, a big Star Trek fan. PC