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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Making history with the first-ever launch on Independence Day, Space Shuttle Discovery rockets into the blue sky on mission STS-121, trailing fiery exhaust and blue mach diamonds from the main engine nozzles. Liftoff was on-time at 2:38 p.m. EDT. During the 12-day mission, the STS-121 crew of seven will test new equipment and procedures to improve shuttle safety, as well as deliver supplies and make repairs to the International Space Station.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-06pp1461. NASA/KSC, 2006-07-04. Public domain. ID: KSC-06pp1461.
