Shuttle Launch Lights Up Sky ; Night Liftoff Makes Spectacular Show.
Columbia Daily Tribune › December 10, 2006
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - 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 last night.
Eight-and-a-half minutes after its ascent from the Kennedy Space Center, the shuttle achieved orbit, and the first night shuttle launch in four years was declared a success.See the full content of this document
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Shuttle Launch Lights Up Sky ; Night Liftoff Makes Spectacular Show.
"You've got a lot of smiling faces up here," shuttle commander Mark Polansky told Mission...
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