Discovery Shuttle to Go to Launch Pad on Monday
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Discovery will be moved to the launch pad in a formal ceremony on the Fourth of July to be readied for the first post-Challenger space shuttle flight, NASA said Friday.
The five-member astronaut crew slated to fly on the next mission will be on hand when the shuttle is rolled out on a huge tracked transporter under the glare of spotlights at 12:01 a.m. Monday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.
Earlier last week the space agency announced it had officially delayed Discovery’s liftoff from late August until Sept. 4.
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