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She's An Eagle When She Flies
Space Shuttle Discovery (mission designation: STS-120) lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 10:38 a.m. EST this morning, under the command of USAF Colonel Pamela Melroy. Discovery is scheduled to dock with ISS on Thursday, where it will join the Expedition 16 crew, under command of Peggy Whitson.
It's something of a credit to how far we've come in the past few decades that this significant event - the first time in the 47-year history of manned space exploration that women have commanded two operational space vessels - has gone almost completely without notice by either NASA or the media.
Just another day on the job I suppose, but a significant day to note nevertheless.Labels: Discovery, ISS, NASA, Shuttle
Posted byCOMTE
on 11:04 AM
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