CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA rolled the space shuttle Discovery onto a launch pad on Friday hoping to leave behind problems exposed by the 2003 Columbia disaster and begin a final round of flights before the shuttle fleet is retired.
Discovery was being prepared for liftoff in July on NASA's second and final shuttle test-flight since the fatal accident, when Columbia disintegrated on reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
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