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100TH SHUTTLE MISSION ON THURSDAY

WASHINGTON, Discovery will lift off on thursday for the 100th space shuttle flight. The mission is aimed at building another part of the International Space Station. The crew is scheduled to log the longest spacewalk time ever while preparing the station for its residents, almost 30 hours.

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Rome, Italy, 10/03/2000 13:45
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