Shuttle Launch Date Set
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<i> Associated Press</i>
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA on Wednesday set March 3 as the launch date for the next space shuttle flight, a 14-day research mission by Columbia. During the mission, five astronauts will grow crystals, measure shuttle vibrations, conduct medical experiments and tend to 16 rats for a protein molecule study.
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