Space shuttle Discovery blasts off
Space shuttle Discovery blasted off in a midnight launch on a mission taking it to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Discovery lifted off the launching pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida at 11.59 pm on Friday (0359 GMT on Saturday) after days of postponements due to a questionable valve on the shuttle's external fuel tank and poor weather.
Text: Agencies
Image: Space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral on Aug 28, 2009. (Photograph copyright AP)
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