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NASA ready to anticipate the launch of Discovery
Washington, USA - The shuttle is already on the launching pad; the launch on December 6th or 7th
The NASA is working hard to anticipate the launch of the Discovery, which will have to be done within December 18th, last day to start the 12-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). In fact the NASA computers have some problem to recognize the changing of year (see for details AVIONEWS), and so NASA would prefer not to have the Discovery orbiting in the days between 2006 and 2007. So...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 68870
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency