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NASA: space shuttle Discovery returns to vehicle assembly building

Cape Canaveral, USA - Tonight

Starting from 10:00 pm today, 21 December 2010, the engineers at "Kennedy Space Center" of Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, will move the space shuttle "Discovery" from the launch pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA engineers are currently working "To resolve an issue with the leveling system on the crawler-transporter. They believe a faulty transducer is the problem, and it can be changed...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1124027
Rome, Italy, 12/21/2010 17:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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