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NASA: the "Discovery" will be launched in the dark
Cape Canaveral, USA - It will leave at 9:36pm on December 7
The launch of "Discovery" Shuttle, the next NASA mission to the International Space Station (ISS), is scheduled at 9:36pm of December 7 from the base in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It will be exceptionally a night launch, a procedure that was suspended for safety measures after the "Columbia" tragedy in February 2003. Night launches were avoided because pictures and videos of this delicate phase are...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 69527
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency