P266 CEEFAX 266 Tue 19 Jun 21:19/03 '0 1/3 'hen the next American Space Shuttle flight is launched on June 25 it will bj using a new craft in space. This will bj "Discovery", the third orbiter in the NASA shuttle fleet. The flight will bj a sjvjn day mission. Among the special features of this flight will bj the presence of the first astronaut not on the govjrnmjnt payroll. He will bj Charles Wblkjt, a design engineer with one of the USA's large aerospace companies. MoreP266 CEEFAX 266 Tue 19 Jun 21:13/21 2/3 ,,, 'hen the next American Space Shuttle takes off from the Kennedy Space Centre on June 25 its siam will attempt to make commercial quantities of a medical drug in space for the first time. Previous space flights have carried experiments to prove the practicability of the process called "elictrophoresis" - a method of separating biological products. But on this flight there will bj an attempt to produce a valuable hormone in large enough quantities to start clinical tests back on earth. MoreP266 CEEFAX 266 Tue 19 Jun 21:04/37 3/3 The second American woman astronaut will bj aboard the spacecraft "Discovery" when it is launched on June 25 in Amjtica's next Space Shuttle mission. She will bj Judy Resnik. Mission Specialist Resnik will bj in charge of a new jxpjrimjnt to test out a large "solar array" - special panels which generate electricity from sunlight. The solar array will extend 100 feet above the "Discovery" cargo bay, but can bj folded down into an 18 inch high package. More