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Shuttle Discovery Heads Toward the Space Station
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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The shuttle Discovery blasted its way into orbit on Saturday through wispy clouds against blue skies on its way to deliver a bus-size laboratory to the International Space Station. (article 4)
The column of smoke, bright white against the brilliant day, cast a shadow to the east as the shuttle ascended, and the sound waves made the air shudder. (article 4)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven blasted into orbit Saturday, carrying a giant Japanese lab addition to the international space station along with something more mundane - a toilet pump. (article 3)
Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, cape Canaveral, Fla. Saturday, May 31, 2008. (article 3)
Nasa's Discovery shuttle has blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a 14-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). (article 5)
The shuttle and its crew of seven are delivering a giant cylinder for Japan's Kibo science lab but also a new pump to repair the station's toilet. (article 5)
This two-week mission, with three scheduled spacewalks, will bring the space station close to completion, 10 years after construction began on the orbiting outpost. (article 1)
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Space, Shuttle, Discovery, station, NASA |
Source articles
- ABC News: Shuttle Lifts Off With Lab, Plumbing Supplies (ABCNews, 05/31/2008, 355 words)
- Shuttle Discovery blasts off for space station (sfgate.com, 05/31/2008, 864 words)
- Space shuttle Discovery blasts off for international space station (cbc.ca, 05/31/2008, 693 words)
- Shuttle Discovery Heads Toward the Space Station (nytimes.com, 06/01/2008, 825 words)
- Shuttle leaves for space station (BBC News, 05/31/2008, 505 words)
- Discovery blasts off for space station (CNN, 05/31/2008, 35 words)
- Shuttle lifts off with Montreal-born astronaut aboard (cbc.ca, 05/31/2008, 302 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 05/31/2008, 660 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 05/29/2008, 13 words)
- Send news tip to FOXNews.com (FOX News, 05/29/2008, 1151 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 05/31/2008, 10 words)
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