From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!sjb
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: Soviet Shuttle
Article-I.D.: alice.633
Posted: Thu Jun 10 07:24:36 1982
Received: Fri Jun 11 01:11:07 1982

The USSR launched and recovered its first test of its first
space shuttle, US officials say.  They do not know whether or
not the vehicle was manned.  It went up last week and came
down after one orbit, about 90 minutes.  The Soviets are
expected to have an operational shuttle system by the 1990's.