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Mon, Jan 03, 2005

Shuttle's New Fuel Tank Heads For The Cape

Due To Arrive Wednesday

As you read this Monday morning, a barge is somewhere out in the Gulf of Mexico, slowly making its way to the southern tip of the Florida Keys. Once there, it will turn northeast and head for Cape Canaveral, where it will unload its cargo -- a huge, slightly familiar looking fuel tank. Perhaps the most vital part of the new and improved shuttle fleet is being delivered to the Kennedy Space Center.

The tank should arrive on Wednesday, according to KSC officials.

Work toward NASA's much-vaunted return to flight, the first shuttle sortie since Columbia disintegrated on re-entry almost two years ago, is starting to shape up. Workers are assembling the solid rocket boosters that will help lift the shuttle Discovery. Work on the orbiter itself is also wrapping up. The shuttle is expected to lift off on a sort of test flight sometime between May 14th and June 3rd.

FMI: www.nasa.gov/news/highlights/returntoflight.html

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