NASA bids farewell to "amazing" relic, the shuttle
MIAMI (Reuters) - When the United States embarked on its shuttle program decades ago, it set out to build a workhorse vehicle that would make space travel routine and beat the Soviets during the Cold War struggle for dominance in space.
Jane Sutton
MIAMI
Tue Jul 5, 2011 12:10pm EDT
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