SPACE.com Update for December 21, 2006
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December 21, 2006
  
  TOP STORY posted: December 21, 2006 01:33 pm EDT 
Mission Discovery: Shuttle Astronauts Prepare To Head Home
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Seven astronauts are spending what is expected to be their last full day in orbit aboard NASA?s space shuttle Discovery today as their 13-day flight to the International Space Station (ISS) draws towards its close.
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 MISSIONS/LAUNCHES
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 SCIENCE/ASTRONOMY
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