Discovery successfully blasted off this morning on America’s first space shot with astronauts since the 2003 Columbia disaster, ending a painful, 2 1/2-year shutdown devoted to making the shuttle less risky and NASA more safety-conscious.
Discovery successfully blasted off this morning on America’s first space shot with astronauts since the 2003 Columbia disaster, ending a painful, 2 1/2-year shutdown devoted to making the shuttle less risky and NASA more safety-conscious.