America prepares to launch the second shuttle

Discover ships are expected to be launched between July 1 and July 19 ( Source: Xinhua ) The US Space Agency (NASA) is preparing to launch a second shuttle since the 2003 Colombian ship disaster caused The entire crew of 7 people died. Discovery has now been delivered to a launch pad at the Kennedy spacecraft launch center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Expected Discovery will be launched during the period from 1 to 19-7. The exact release date of Discovery will be released in mid-June.

Program director Wayne Hale expressed confidence that Discovery will take off as planned and NASA will be able to launch two more ships by the end of the year. If it fails, NASA will be forced to shorten Discovery's 2010 "retirement" process, while the replacement spacecraft generation is still in development.

The Discovery ship was originally scheduled to launch this month, but the plan was changed as scientists discovered the fuel tank sensor was broken.

The mission of the Discovery Space Shuttle team this time will be to test the new safety system, supplies and materials for the International Space Station (ISS), to perform at least two space walks. In addition, the German astronaut of the European Space Agency will stay on ISS for months to carry out scientific experiments.

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