NASA launched Discovery ship on November 1

The US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) has said that on November 1, Space Shuttle Discovery will be launched into space for its final mission to the International Space Station (ISS), according to AFP.

Discovery 's historic flight was postponed for a month for NASA to handle leaks in the ship's fuel unit.

Previously, Discovery was put into the launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (USA) on September 21 (local time), to be scheduled to take off on October 1.


According to NASA , Discovery's new flight schedule was determined at 4:40 on 1.11 (local time). The six-man crew completed the final preparations for this 11-day journey.

The Discovery ship crew with the STS-133 designation included commander Steven Lindsey, pilot Eric Boe and astronauts Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt, Tim Kopra, Nicole Stott (female).

The astronauts will bring the connection to the ISS new parts, including a versatile fixed module.

In particular, they will also bring to the station a robot called Robotnaut 2, to replace astronauts performing many dangerous operations such as going out into space.

It is known that this is Discovery's last mission since it was first launched in space on August 30, 1984 and is one of the last two missions of NASA's shuttle fleet.

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