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NASA Sets New Discovery Launch Date for July 4

NPR | By Nell Greenfieldboyce
Published July 2, 2006 at 4:00 PM EDT
Space shuttle Discovery astronauts ride in the astrovan on their way to boarding the shuttle at Kennedy Space Center July 2, 2006, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch was later halted due to poor weather.
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Space shuttle Discovery astronauts ride in the astrovan on their way to boarding the shuttle at Kennedy Space Center July 2, 2006, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch was later halted due to poor weather.

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Nell Greenfieldboyce
Nell Greenfieldboyce is a NPR science correspondent.
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