Launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery with Astronaut Noguchi Onboard

[Jacques van Oene]

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Launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery with Astronaut Noguchi Onboard
[STS-114 / International Space Station Assembly Resumption
Mission (LF-1)]

July 27, 2005(JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the
Space Shuttle Discovery with Astronaut Noguchi of JAXA onboard
(STS-114 / International Space Station Assembly Resumption Mission,
LF-1) at 10:39 a.m. on July 26 (Eastern Daylight Time, EDT) or at
11:39 p.m. on the same day, Japan Standard Time (JST), from the NASA
Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S.A. This is the 114th flight of
the Space Shuttle.

Astronaut Noguchi is scheduled to perform three series of
extravehicular activities.


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Date of Issue : July 27, 2005

Publisher : Public Affairs Department
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