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Discovery Launches into Space (Sweden’s First Astronaut Next)
Posted by george on 9th September 2006
From Nasa.gov:
Sept. 9, 11:15 a.m. EDT
Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center and charged into the midday Florida sky on a mission to boost power on the International Space Station. The launch was on time, with liftoff at 11:15 a.m. EDT. Over the 11-day mission, the six-member crew will perform three spacewalks to install the P3/P4 integrated truss and solar arrays on the station, doubling the current power generating capability of the orbiting outpost.
Read more at NASA - Space Shuttle
Following this successful mission, in December it should be the turn of Sweden’s first astronaut, Christer Fuglesang, to go into space on Discovery.
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