Space Shuttle Discovery Launched |
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Written by spacetravel.org
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Tuesday, 26 July 2005 21:30 |
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Discovery was launched into space today. It will travel to the International Space Station, where the crew will test new procedures and deliver supplies. Discovery launched at 10:39 a.m. EDT. It is scheduled to dock with the ISS on Thursday at 7:18 a.m. EDT. The shuttle and its crew are scheduled to return to Earth on August 7 at 5:46 a.m. EDT. This is the first mission to fly since the loss of the shuttle Columbia and its crew on February 1, 2003.
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