Space shuttled counts toward its final test

The countdown ticked along smoothly Wednesday toward the launching of the space shuttle Sunday on its final test mission - the first time it will carry military and commercial cargoes into orbit.

Columbia has flown three times before, and this countdown is almost a duplicate of the one that led to the ship's first on-schedule launching in March.

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