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Shuttles would be presumably launched again by May 2005

Houston, Usa - Bill Parson, responsible for Shuttle's program at Nasa announced lately

It seems there are good chance for Nasa to start again to launch shuttles. The UD space agency interrupted the mission after Columbia’a tragedy, which disintegrated by returning to the atmosphere on February, 1, 2003. Some improvements made at the external tanks, by Nasa’s technical, seem to make the space missions more secure: just a problem at the shuttle external tanks caused the tragic end for...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 109556
Rome, Italy, 12/10/2004 15:02
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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