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NASA green-lights Discovery shuttle launch for FridayCape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Nov 5, 2010 NASA gave the go-ahead for a Friday launch of shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station, after a series of delays brought on by bad weather and equipment problems. With 70 percent favorable weather conditions, technicians at Florida's Kennedy Space Center began pumping liquid hydrogen into the shuttle's orange external fuel tanks ahead of the launch now set for 3:04 pm (1904 GMT), the US space agency said. "The team is not working any issue right now preventing a launch on time," spac ... read more |
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