Papers regarding the visit of the seven crew members of the space shuttle Discovery 51-D and the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Women of Science Reading Room of the Brigham Young University Library, 1985.

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Papers regarding the visit of the seven crew members of the space shuttle Discovery 51-D and the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Women of Science Reading Room of the Brigham Young University Library, 1985.

Contains agenda, press releases, speeches, correspondence, minutes of planning meetings, biographical information on the Discovery shuttle crew members, and space shuttle mission 51-D press kit compiled by NASA.

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