NASA Prepares for Launch
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<i> Reuters</i>
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA workers on Tuesday began preparing the shuttle Discovery for launch next month on a mission to deploy a Defense Department satellite. The eighth and final shuttle mission of the year is tentatively scheduled to begin Dec. 2, nearly a month behind schedule because of problems with a faulty steering engine.
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