====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0282_2 from reel: NP 13609 (2005-04-19 to 2005-09-03) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/63266 Title: NASA Prepares for Launch Summary: NASA prepares for the July 13 launch of the space shuttle Discovery, the first flight since the Columbia tragedy. The article details technical preparations, weather concerns, and safety modifications following the Columbia disaster. Category: national news Subjects: space exploration; NASA; space shuttle program; space travel Named Entities: NASA; Discovery; Columbia; Scott Higginbotham; Jeff Spaulding; Pete Nickolenko; John Phillips Confidence: 0.9 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Lawrence Transit System; Don's Auto Center; Checkers Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.