NASA says Discovery and crew are ready to fly on Wednesday

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA resolved the last few technical concerns about Discovery on Tuesday and pronounced it ready for launch on the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster 2 1/2 years ago.

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