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NASA Begins Shuttle Countdown Rehearsals
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jun 13, 2006 The astronauts and ground crews for Discovery's upcoming mission to the International Space Station have begun a full dress-rehearsal for the space shuttle's launch, now expected between July 1 and July 19, NASA announced Monday. The rehearsal activities will continue until Thursday. The rehearsals are intended to provide the shuttle crew with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency egress training, NASA said in a news release. Crew members taking part in the rehearsals for mission STS-121 include commander Steve Lindsey, pilot Mark Kelly, mission specialists Mike Fossum, Lisa Nowak, Stephanie Wilson, Piers Sellers and Thomas Reiter, the ESA astronaut who will remain aboard the station after Discovery departs and expand its crew to three members for the first time since the spring of 2003. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Space Shuttle Space Shuttle News at Space-Travel.Com
NASA Firm On Discovery Launch In July
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2006NASA's manager of the space shuttle program said Discovery is looking fit and ready to go for its launch next month, and the agency has every intention of lifting off as scheduled - perhaps as early as July 1 - despite some unanswered technical and safety questions. |
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