U.S. Shuttles May Resume ISS Flights in May

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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - The United States' grounded Space Shuttle fleet may resume flights to the International Space Station (ISS) next May or June, a senior ISS official said Tuesday.

Russia has borne the brunt of ferrying crews and cargo to the multi-billion-dollar, 16-nation station since the Columbia shuttle disintegrated on re-entry over Texas in February 2003, killing seven astronauts.

"Our Russian colleagues have done an outstanding job," Michael Suffredini, deputy director of the ISS program, told Reuters.

"As far as when the Space Shuttle returns to flight, the date we are looking at is the May timeframe, which is a mid-May to early June launch window."

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