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Date: Jan 8 18:54 2009

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Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre on Wednesday, Jan. 14, as preparations for the STS-119 mission move forward. Discovery is targeted to lift off Feb. 12 to the International Space Station. The first motion of the shuttle out of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building is scheduled for 4 a.m. EST. The fully assembled space shuttle, consisting of the orbiter, external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters, will be delivered to the pad atop a crawler transporter that will travel slower than 1 mph during the 3.4-mile journey. The process is expected to take approximately six hours. Read more __________________

Blobrana

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Date: Jan 6 02:24 2009

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The first of six planned space shuttle missions in 2009 kicks off in earnest this week with Discovery's placement on a launch platform. Kennedy Space Centre workers early Wednesday are scheduled to roll the orbiter a quarter mile from its processing hangar to the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building. During a weeklong stay there, the spaceship will be connected to an external tank and twin solid rocket boosters already stacked on a mobile launcher platform. Read more __________________

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Date: Dec 9 18:16 2008

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NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the next space shuttle mission to the International Space Station. Shuttle Discovery is targeted to launch Feb. 12 at 7:28 a.m. EST on the STS-119 mission to the station. Read more __________________

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