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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-1 inches slowlly out of the Vehcile Assembly building shortly after 8 a.m. today to begin a 3.5-mile journey to Complex 39's Pad A. The first Space Shuttle assembly to be prepared for flight was on the hardstand at Pad A in mid-afternoon. Launch is scheduled for no earlier than March 1981.