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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 11 > Discovery set to lift as shuttle era nears end

Discovery set to lift as shuttle era nears end

By Bulletin wire reports / The Bulletin
March 11, 2009

Shuttle Discovery is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center today, leaving only eight more scheduled missions before NASA retires the fleet in 2010 — and devastates the Space Coast economy.

Figures released by NASA this week predict the retirement of the shuttle will result in the....

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