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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the 2004 class of astronaut candidates tour Launch Pad 39B, where Space Shuttle Discovery will launch on Return to Flight mission STS-114 during a launch window of May 15 to June 3. Two class members, Naoko Yamnazaki (left) and Shannon Walker (right), get a look at the emergency egress system, the slidewire baskets, on the Fixed Service Structure. The class of 14 candidates includes three candidates from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency as well as three educator astronauts, who were school teachers chosen from thousands of applicants.