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NASA Sets Space Shuttle Discovery STS-131 Launch Date

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a launch at 6:21 a.m. EDT on April 5 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in ...
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Bring the Excitement of Robotics and the STS-131 Space Shuttle Mission Into the Classroom

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Guest Post: The Launch of STS-131, From the Press Site at the Kennedy Space Center

Guest Post: The Launch of STS-131, From the Press Site at the Kennedy Space Center Student Katherine Ackerman blogs her experience at this morning's launch of Space Shuttle Discovery: "There was a ...
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How long did it take NASA to launch the first space shuttle?

The first space shuttle launch happened in 1981 on the 20th anniversary of when Yuri Gargarin became the first man in space, but the launch date was not by design. A technical delay scrubbed the first ...