Discovery ready to take 1st Japanese to int'l station

Discovery ready to take 1st Japanese to int'l station

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - A timer on Oct. 4 displays a countdown to liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery (background) Oct. 5 from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. It will carry a crew of seven, including Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata. During an 11-day mission, the crew will add critical components to the International Space Station, and Wakata will be the first Japanese astronaut to visit it.

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