Space Shuttle Launch – Kennedy Space Center

Space Shuttle Launch – Kennedy Space Center: NASA Space Shuttle launched at the Kennedy Space Center early today. Shuttle Discovery lifted off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 6:21 a.m. E.D.T. after a problem-free countdown.

The crew will carry out a detailed inspection of the shuttle’s nose cap and wing leading edge panels early Tuesday. If all goes well, commander Alan G. Poindexter, a Navy captain, and pilot James P. Dutton, an Air Force colonel, will guide the shuttle to a docking with the space station around 3:44 a.m. Wednesday.

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