Shuttle Managers Reaffirm Discovery External Tank Swap

The STS-114 orbiter Discovery shuttle return-to-flight vehicle will be switched to the external tank and solid rocket boosters originally planned for the Atlantis STS-121 follow-on mission, set for September. The switch will be made following a second Discovery oxygen/hydrogen propellant loading...

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