Summary
SPACE shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts blasted off yesterday on America's first manned space shot since the 2003 Columbia disaster.
The successful launch ended a painful, 2 1 / 2 -year shutdown devoted to making the shuttle less risky and NASA more safety- conscious.See the full content of this document
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Discovery Blasts Off
At stake were not only the lives of the astronauts, but also America's pride in its technological prowess, the fate of the US space programme and the future of space exploration itself.
'Our lo...See the full content of this document
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