New Strides Against Disease the Space Age, 1979

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Channel: US National Archives · 2010 · Education

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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: TWO HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF THIS TROPICAL DISEASE BEING FOUGHT WITH NEW WEAPONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA, AND LATIN AMERICA. SCHEDULED SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS IN THE 1980S SIGNAL THE BEGINNING OF LARGE-SCALE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES OF THE NEAR-EARTH ENVIRONMENT.

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DATES:   (08/01/1953 - 03/27/1978 )
CREATOR TYPE:  Most Recent

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SUBJECTS
      Space shuttles
   Therapeutics

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