Breaking News from Space.com: NASA Returns to Shuttle Flight as Discovery Reaches Orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL – The space shuttle Discovery roared into space Tuesday, piercing a Florida morning sky today and launching seven...

| Published Jul 26, 2005 9:55 PM

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CAPE CANAVERAL – The space shuttle Discovery roared into space Tuesday, piercing a Florida morning sky today and launching seven astronauts on NASA’s first orbiter mission since the Columbia disaster.

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