
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The morning sun radiates through an opening between the orbiter Discovery and its external tank at Launch Pad 39B. The Shuttle is returning to the pad after repairs to the hail-damaged external tank. STS-96 is scheduled for liftoff May 27 at 6:48 a.m. EDT, the 94th launch in the Space Shuttle Program. A logistics and resupply mission for the International Space Station, STS-96 is carrying such payloads as a Russian crane, the Strela; a U.S.-built crane; the Spacehab Oceaneering Space System Box (SHOSS), a logistics items carrier; and STARSHINE, a student-shared experiment
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May 20, 1999
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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