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The Nation - News from March 13, 1985

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Workers will need a week to 10 days to repair damage done to space shuttle Discovery by a falling work bucket, delaying until mid-April its flight with Sen. Jake Garn (R-Utah) in the crew, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. It also was announced that Discovery definitely will fly the mission. Challenger originally had the assignment until a design defect was discovered in one of the satellites it was to carry.

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