NASA'S SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAUNCHES TO FULLY POWER SPACE STATION

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/mar/HQ_09-060_Discovery_launches.html

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
STS-119 Latest News
Discovery in Orbit
Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:19:13 PM PDT
Space shuttle Discovery launched on-time at 7:43 p.m. EDT and NASA flight managers confirmed main engine cutoff. The shuttle has reached orbit, flying at 17,500 miles per hour.
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Watched the launch on NASA web TV and on MSNBC cable TV.
Cable TV was about 40 seconds ahead of my computer viewing.

You can read about the the STS-119 mission here.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts119/119_overview.html
STS-119: A Final Station Power Up

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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