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NASA: Discovery comes back to the launch pad
Cape Canaveral, USA - It would seem to be confirmed February, 24, as date for departure
On Friday, January 28, 2011, NASA announced that its technicians of Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, had completed the mechanical works and the replacement of the insulating foam on the external tank of the Discovery space shuttle, after the changes on the stringers. Today, January 31, from 8:00 pm (EST), the space shuttle should be back for roll-out...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1125251
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency