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Its going to be an exiting time for the Engineers and Scientists who will be in seventh heaven over this event CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The NASA official who presided over Columbia's doomed re-entry — and who will make the final call about whether Discovery should launch scheduled for Tuesday — said he is confident this will be a safe flight despite lingering questions about wing imperfections. Space Shuttle Discovery launches on Tuesday on a mission that will mark the beginning of an intense period of space activity for Europe. The run-up to the launch of China's first lunar orbiter later this month has caught the country's imagination, with more than two thirds of the nation hoping to see the launch live on TV, a survey has found. The nation's first moon orbiter is scheduled to blast off at around 6 pm tomorrow from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan Province.
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Wednesday 24 October, 2007 03:00 AM |