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Plans encourage full schedule; shuttle launch goal still mid-May

NASA is studying the possibility of reducing the number of missions it will fly before retiring its three-orbiter space shuttle fleet, agency officials said Friday.

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This text is about NASA considering reducing the number of missions it will conduct before retiring its three-orbiter space shuttle fleet. The agency officials provided this update on a Friday, and mentioned that the shuttle launch goal still remains for mid-May.
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