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STS-119 Finally Launches Into Space

Posted by kdawson on from the third-time's-the-charm dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "After several delays, including twice over the past week, the space shuttle Discovery has finally been launched into space. The spacecraft took off at precisely 7:43 p.m. EDT, embarking on the STS-119 mission, which will provide the International Space Station with the fourth and final set of solar arrays — and which will make the ISS brighter than Venus. The shuttle will also deliver to the ISS its newest crew member, Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, who will replace flight engineer Sandra Magnus at the station."

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  1. Brighter than Venus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hope I don't blind myself looking for it

  2. Re:heh, by icannotthinkofaname · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's a space station! And it really is, too!

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    Let q be a radix > 1. I am in ur base-q, killing 10 d00ds.
  3. Kewl, first Japanese, then by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    my boyhood dreams of dueling space mecha warriors will come true after all.

    Strangely enough, one of them is a transformer that morphs into something that resembles the old International Space Station...

    "Koichi, this is Sandra."

  4. Not quite accurate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The spacecraft took off at precisely 7:43 p.m. EDT

    Having watched NASA's official feed, I can inform you this is incorrect. The precise time was 7:43:44 EDT.