Astronauts Linda Godwin and Michael (Rich) Clifford conducted the first U.S. Extravehicular Activity (EVA), or spacewalk, at the Russian space station Mir. This whilst the stage adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1945 film musical "State Fair" opened at The Music Box Theatre, New York City
Together, Godwin and Clifford installed and deployed experiment packages on the exterior of the space station’s docking module. The six-hour EVA was the first spacewalk for a Space Shuttle docked to an orbiting space station
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Stage adaptation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1945 film musical "State Fair" opens at Music Box Theatre, New York City; runs for 118 performances