NASA continues readying Discovery for STS-121 next year

READYING DISCOVERY: Work continues at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to prepare shuttle Discovery for its next mission, STS-121, scheduled for no earlier than May 2006. On Dec. 14 technicians installed the Orbiter Boom Sensor System, which is used to inspect the shuttle's heat shield, in the shuttle's...

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