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Discovery to Fly Over US

Columbia disaster sparked changes in NASA procedures

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 6, 2007 1:35 PM CST

(Newser) – The space shuttle Discovery will fly across the US tomorrow before landing in Cape Canaveral, a feat NASA hasn’t attempted since the doomed shuttle Columbia rained debris over the country in 2003. New safety procedures have minimized the risk of another disaster, ABC News... Read full story »

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