Space link-up begins with call from Earth
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Space link-up begins with call from Earth
Cape Canaveral - The largest space crew in history took a congratulatory phone call from two world leaders and exchanged gifts at the start of their first full day of co-operative work aboard the docked US space shuttle and Russian space station. Vice-President Al Gore and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin called from Moscow, where the two were conducting talks on foreign policy and science and technology issues. Reuter
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