Exploration Station Science Sets Context for Shuttle Mission

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Arrival of the space shuttle Discovery at the International Space Station marks the beginning of an open-ended space-based research program aimed at sending humans beyond the station's orbit to the Moon, Mars and ultimately across the Solar System. The station's original broad focus on microgravity...

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