Space shuttle prepares to depart station for last time

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The crew of NASA's final space shuttle mission closed the hatch to the International Space Station for the final time on Monday in preparation for the shuttle's last flight back to Earth. NASA is watching the path of Tropical Storm Bret off the Atlantic coast of Florida but it is ...

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