Shuttle Launch date and time set

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Shuttle Launch date and time set

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NASA announced yesterday after a 2 day flight readiness review board that Discovery is now scheduled to launch on the STS-121 mission to the iss at 3:38 pm est Saturday July 1 2006. If they dont launch on the first the launch window extends till July 19th with another launch oppertunity in late august-early september and a third windown in december. They hope that if 121 launches in july that 115 will launch in august and 116 in december.
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hopefully its a clearday and there are no delays... on a good day i can see the shuttle in my yard, and i live in Georgia! im like a few miles from the Flordia/ Ga border! its funny that i can still see the launch from 200 miles away... Hope all goes well!!!
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