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Jan. 14, 2004
Pictures: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite |

Jan. 14, 2004
In a major U.S. policy shift, President George W. Bush announces plans to end shuttle missions after the space station is complete and begin developing a new program to return astronauts to the moon and beyond. The next month, a year after the Columbia disaster, the return-to-flight mission launch date for shuttle Discovery slips to March 2005.


 
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Pictures: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite |

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