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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The countdown for NASA's return to space began Sunday amid sky-high anticipation, although Hurricane Dennis threatened to interfere with the liftoff of the first shuttle mission in more than two years.
At precisely 6 p.m., the multitude of countdown clocks started ticking down to a Wednesday launch of Discovery. The last time they flashed the hours, minutes and seconds remaining before a blastoff was in 2003, for Columbia's disastrous flight.See the full content of this document
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'We All Do Feel Confident'
Test director Jeff Spaulding said excitement had been "building and growing" ever since the space agency overcame fuel-tank diffi...
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