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MR. KENNEDY: Good afternoon. I'm Jim Kennedy, Director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.And it is my pleasure to welcome you to a very special webcast. I'm taking you behind the scenes for the Space Shuttle Discovery's Return to Flight. It's been more than two years since the Space Shuttle has flown. During that time, NASA and its contractors have made improvements across the Shuttle program making this the safest Shuttle launch in NASA's history. Now Discovery stands poised for launch, taking NASA and America's Shuttle program back into space. Thank you for joining us for our STS-114 webcast and sharing in our excitement as we embark on this exciting new chapter of NASA history.