Discovery soars night sky for space station mission
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The US space shuttle Discovery has soared into the night sky on a complex International Space Station construction mission after the first night launch in four years.
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By Mike Schneider  Flashes of flame from space shuttle Discovery lit up the darkened sky Saturday as the spacecraft blazed off the launch pad for the first nighttime liftoff in four years.
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A Nasa mission to study the phenomenon known as the northern lights blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Clearing skies and diminishing winds raised hopes Saturday that NASA would succeed in its second attempt to get space shuttle Discovery off the ground for the first nighttime launch in four years.
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By Martin MerzerCAPE CANAVERAL -- Illuminated by 40 pure-white Xenon spotlights and the golden glare of five powerful rocket engines, shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts thundered from the launch pad and into space Saturday night.
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For the first time ever, scientists are taking an incredible journey to the dawn of the universe
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Space shuttle Discovery lit up the sky over Daytona Beach, Florida, this weekend in NASA's first night launch since 2002.
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A Nasa mission to study the phenomenon known as the Northern Lights blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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The space shuttle Discovery is to begin a complex 11-day round trip to the International Space Station as early as Thursday night.
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The Discovery headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station after a scan showed no damage to the shuttle during the first night-time launch since the 2003 Columbia disaster, mission managers said on Sunday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery launched Saturday on a mission to rewire the international space station.
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US space shuttle Discovery blasted off successfully Tuesday on an ambitious, complex mission to the International Space Station, key to future manned flights to Mars.
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured for the first time enough light from planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, to identify signatures of molecules in their atmospheres.
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U.S. space shuttle Discovery linked up with the International Space Station on Thursday on a mission to prepare the orbital outpost for new European and Japanese laboratories.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Flashes of flame from space shuttle Discovery lit up the darkened sky Saturday as the spacecraft blazed off the launch pad for the first nighttime liftoff in four years.
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The crew of Discovery begins a 14-day mission to the space station, after a successful launch from Florida.
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By Amanda Codispoti, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Dec. 7--Roanokers should be able to look to the sky tonight and see space  shuttle Discovery as it makes its way to the international space station.