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Basketball Launching On Space Shuttle Mission
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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne.
After traveling to scores of countries and six continents, the Harlem Globetrotters are leaving the globe - in a manner of speaking. The team's iconic red, white, and blue basketball will make the journey into space. The shuttle Atlantis will carry a Harlem Globetrotters basketball when it takes off today on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. After coming back to earth, the globe-circling ball will go on display at a Basketball Hall of Fame. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.