Endeavour Patched Up, Set for June 20 Launch
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA said Monday that ground crews had finished engine repairs on the space shuttle Endeavour, clearing the way for six astronauts to be launched June 20 on a satellite retrieval mission.
The flight, scheduled to last seven days, will return a reusable European science satellite to Earth after 10 months in orbit and will feature the first use of a commercial cargo bay laboratory.
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