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NASA sets shuttle Discovery launch for April 5

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NASA has given the final go-ahead for the launch of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS) scheduled for April 5, NASA said on its website on Saturday.

NASA has given the final go-ahead for the launch of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS) scheduled for April 5, NASA said on its website on Saturday.

The agency said "there were no unresolved issues that would prevent Discovery and crew from flying a safe and successful mission."

Discovery is set to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:21 a.m. EDT [10:21 GMT].

The launch was initially scheduled for March 18 but was delayed over unusually cold weather.

The STS-131 mission, which is scheduled to last 13 days, will deliver a multi-purpose logistics module filled with science racks for the laboratories aboard the station.

Commander Alan Poindexter will lead the six-astronaut crew on the 33rd shuttle mission to the ISS and the second shuttle flight in 2010.

The mission will feature three spacewalks.

MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA Novosti) 

 

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