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NASA scrubs launch of space shuttle Endeavour

Source: CNN

Cape Canaveral : FL : USA | 4 months ago

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The Kibo science lab, also called the Japanese Experiment Module, is Japan's first human space facility, more than 20 years in the making. The bus-sized, 32,000-pound module will be the largest lab at the space station.

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