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Next on the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report: Ready to Fly- The Flight Readiness Review is complete and NASA is set to launch Space Shuttle Discovery July 13, 2005. Mission on Tap- With the launch day less than a week away, final preparations are under way at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. We have a mission overview for you... we'll take you from closeouts to countdown. Stay right where you are. Space Shuttle Discovery is ready to return to flight and the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report starts right now_ XXX Musical Introduction XXX The Shuttle is on the launch pad, Discovery's cargo is loaded and NASA is poised to launch mission STS-114 to the International Space Station. I'm Kyle Dixon, NASA test director at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and this is the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report. Sound on Tape: Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator. 'based on a very thorough and very successful Flight Readiness Review, we're currently go for launch of Discovery on July 13.' Following a Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy Space Center last week, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced Discovery will be ready to launch on the first day of a launch window that begins July 13. It will