U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifts off

U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifts off

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery, carrying seven astronauts, including Japan's Koichi Wakata, lifted off at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 15.

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