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HUNTSVILLE-AL -

    Workers in Huntsville have started repairing bullet holes in a huge Apollo rocket.

    The Saturn V rocket at Huntsville's space center was damaged in a May shooting.  Someone fired shots outside a main building at the center, damaging windows and the rocket.

    Repairs to the spacecraft will cost about $7,000.  Workers will repairing dents and paint damage on the huge black and white rocket.

    No one was arrested in the shooting, and the motive isn't known.