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Discovery STS-121 Gives Shuttle Program A New Lease on Life

Credit: NASA
A more robust shuttle program with demonstrated autonomous repair capability critical for approval of a final Hubble servicing mission and completion of the International Space Station are the big payoffs from the STS-121 mission. The autonomous repair access demonstrated on STS-121 is a...

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