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NASA plans space shuttle launch on July 13

June 30, 2005
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – NASA said on Thursday itplanned to launch the space shuttle Discovery on July 13, thefirst shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster in 2003.

The U.S. space agency had previously hoped to launchDiscovery in May, but halted that plan in April, saying morework was needed on a redesigned fuel tank. Since then,Discovery has been rolled back out onto the launch pad at CapeCanaveral.


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