Shuttle Discovery May Serve As Spare Parts Donor

NASA is considering keeping shuttle Discovery as a donor vehicle after it returns from its last scheduled spaceflight this fall. “We’re having the discussions right now as to when we start to take Discovery off of flight status,” Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon said in an interview. “It may be...

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