Bonus day
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The space shuttle Discovery was given an extra day in orbit because of bad weather at the landing-site, AP reports from Houston. The space agency said the astronauts would use their bonus day to turn some of their scientific equipment back on and squeeze in more measurements of the ozone layer and the sun's energy.
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