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NASA: Discovery ready to return to space
www.chinanews.cn 2005-07-13 09:48:31
(Agencies)
The crew of the space shuttle Discovery -- Pilot James Kelly, Com. Eileen
Collins followed by (L-R) Wendy Lawrence, Charles Camarda, Andrew Thomas,
Stephen Robinson and Soichi Noguchi of Japan.(Photo: AFP/File)
July 12 - With the countdown entering its final hours, NASA declared
space shuttle Discovery ready to return the nation to space, and the
families of the fallen Columbia astronauts gave their blessing Tuesday.
Thunderstorms, however, threatened to delay the space agency's comeback
from the 2003 Columbia disaster. The forecast deteriorated slightly, with
the chances of acceptable weather at Wednesday's launch time put at 60
percent, and a tornado siren blared around noon after a funnel cloud was
spotted near the shuttle landing strip.
Discovery and its crew of seven were set to blast off at 3:51 p.m. EDT.
The last few technical concerns were resolved Tuesday afternoon at one
final launch review by NASA's managers.
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