An unprecedented cloak of secrecy at the...
An unprecedented cloak of secrecy at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida was imposed for the start of the shuttle Discovery’s countdown to blastoff sometime Wednesday afternoon on a classified flight to place an Air Force spy satellite in orbit. Air Force forecasters predicted good weather for launch day, but a cold front that swept across Florida slowed work at the pad to ready Discovery for blastoff.
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