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Beyond the Shuttle
By Tom Shoop | Monday, December 19, 2005  |  08:29 AM

NASA is getting into the aviation record-chasing business. As part of a pilot program to expand the use of Kennedy Space Center in Florida for non-NASA activities, the space agency is letting Virgin Atlantic Airways use the space shuttle's runway as the takeoff point for an effort by pilot Steve Fossett to fly solo around the world non-stop without refueling.


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