Astronauts Urge Preservation Of T-38s

By Mark Carreau

HOUSTON — Though the 30-year-old space shuttle fleet is headed for retirement this year, NASA’s director of flight crew operations and chief astronaut believe the agency should continue to fly a reduced fleet of aging T-38 supersonic jet aircraft based near Johnson Space Center as an essential part of future astronaut training.

Brent Jett, a two-time shuttle commander who oversees ...

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