Space Shuttle Discovery launches
{{date|July 26, 2005}}
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[[Image:122979main launch.jpg|240px|Space Shuttle Discovery launches]]
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The [[NASA]] {{w|Space Shuttle}} {{w|Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery}} roared into the [[Florida]] sky at 10:39AM ET (14:39 UTC), 2 weeks after the launch was scrubbed due to a faulty sensor.  The launch was the start of the {{w|STS-114}} mission, which is planned to be completed on August 7, 2005.

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[[Image:Space Shuttle Discovery launch.jpg|200px|Cameras and rocket-gazers alike watch Space Shuttle Discovery launch.]]
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Solid rocket booster separation was triggered two minutes and five seconds into the flight after burnout of the putty-like fuel packed inside each rocket. The firing of explosive bolts freed the twin boosters from the side of the external tank, allowing them to peel away from the space shuttle. Parachutes were then automatically deployed from the boosters, allowing them to slowly descend into the {{w|foreign=suppress|Atlantic Ocean}} where they will be towed back to shore.
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[[Image:Space Shuttle Discovery launch 2.jpg|220px|Space Shuttle Discovery crew]]
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Discovery initiated the command for main engine cutoff, or MECO, at the 8-minute, 23-second mark. MECO shuts down the orbiter's three powerful engines in the rear of Discovery after completing the "uphill" climb into space.

With the ascent into space complete and fuel in the external tank exhausted, Discovery jettisoned the orange canister. Following jettison, Commander {{w|Eileen Collins}} pitched the orbiter up until the tank could be sighted through the orbiter´s upper windows. Mission Specialist {{w|Soichi Noguchi}} then took digital photographs and video of the external tank from a distance of just 1,500 feet.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/26/space.shuttle/index.html
|title=Discovery launches into space
|author=Thom Patterson
|pub=CNN.com
|date=July 26, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/main/
|title=Discovery Cruises Through Flight Milestones
|author= 
|pub=NASA
|date=July 26, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4716463.stm
|title=Discovery blasts off from Florida 
|author=Paul Rincon   
|pub=BBC
|date=July 26, 2005}}
== External links ==
{{wikipediapar|STS-114}}

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Space Shuttle Discovery launches

The NASA Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery roared into the Florida sky at 10:39AM ET (14:39 UTC), 2 weeks after the launch was scrubbed due to a faulty sensor.  The launch was the start of the  mission, which is planned to be completed on August 7, 2005.


Cameras and rocket-gazers alike watch Space Shuttle Discovery launch.

Solid rocket booster separation was triggered two minutes and five seconds into the flight after burnout of the putty-like fuel packed inside each rocket. The firing of explosive bolts freed the twin boosters from the side of the external tank, allowing them to peel away from the space shuttle. Parachutes were then automatically deployed from the boosters, allowing them to slowly descend into the Atlantic Ocean where they will be towed back to shore.


Space Shuttle Discovery crew

Discovery initiated the command for main engine cutoff, or MECO, at the 8-minute, 23-second mark. MECO shuts down the orbiter's three powerful engines in the rear of Discovery after completing the "uphill" climb into space.

With the ascent into space complete and fuel in the external tank exhausted, Discovery jettisoned the orange canister. Following jettison, Commander Soichi Noguchi then took digital photographs and video of the external tank from a distance of just 1,500 feet.

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