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Space shuttle moves closer to liftoff: technical changes loom large on the Discovery.(SPACE TECHNOLOGY)
Design News, May, 2005 by Maloney, Lawrence D.
After the Columbia crash over Texas and more than two years of agonizing investigations later, NASA is at last getting set for another space shuttle launch.
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On April 29, NASA announced a launch window of July 12 to July 31 to give shuttle workers more time to fix fuel tank sensors and check systems for ice buildup. It will be the first shuttle launch since seven astronauts perished on Feb. 1, 2003, when the Columbia orbiter broke apart just 15 min. before its scheduled touchdown.
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Mission planners have specified a daylight liftoff to ensure optimum photography of the orbiter and its mammoth external fuel tank. During the launch of Columbia, mission control failed to spot a...
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