Shuttle life extension program to be refocused, NASA says

NASA is on track to return the shuttle fleet to space this fall, but it plans to revamp the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP), which had aimed to keep the shuttle flying until 2015 or beyond. President Bush has called for a space exploration program that would end the shuttle's service around...

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