Discovery set for May 27 launch on second Station flight

NASA managers decided yesterday to shoot for a May 27 launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on the second mission to the International Space Station, a one-week slip to give crews time to repair damage from a hailstorm. Weather had threatened additional delays in launching the STS-96 mission, as...

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