WOODPECKER DAMAGES SHUTTLE INSULATION
The five astronauts on board Discovery will test out a redesigned shuttle main engine during their ascent to orbit on a mission to deploy a $125-million NASA geosynchronous data-relay satellite. Shuttle Mission 70 will become the 100th NASA flight to carry Americans to orbit if it lifts off from Pad...
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