U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifts off

U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifts off

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - U.S. space shuttle Discovery astronauts, including Japan's Koichi Wakata (3rd from L), head to the shuttle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 15. (Kyodo)

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