Discovery spacecraft was launched after 3 days of delay

On July 4, the US Discovery spacecraft was launched to carry a key mission to US space ambitions, although there were still concerns about safety three years after the ship's disaster. Columbia.

Seven Discovery ship astronauts waved goodbye to everyone before departure (Photo: AP)

Discovery will bring seven astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in a mission to improve the safety of the ship. Two minutes after being launched from the Kennedy Space Center, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, the two boosters successfully separated from Discovery.

Non-merchants will supply about 13 tons of equipment and supplies to ISS. In addition to resupply to ISS, this mission will test the safety system installed after the Columbia disaster in February 2003.

The members of the delegation will leave the space station after about 2 weeks, only German Thomas Reiter will stay.

NASA had intended to launch the Space Shuttle Discovery into space from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 1, but had to cancel due to bad weather. 7 cruise travelers (5 males and 2 females) marked the 115th flight of the US space shuttle program. This was the space shuttle's first flight in 2006 and the second since the disaster. horrors of Columbia ship 3 years ago.

Space shuttle Columbia exploded in the sky of Texas during the landing on January 1, 2003, killing all seven astronauts.

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