By Astrophilatelie Martin
26 July 2005, Discovery STS 114 shuttle launch from Cape Canaveral 39A firing line. This is Discovery's 31st flight and also the first flying mission since the tragic loss of Columbia (STS 107 on February 1, 2003).
The crew consists of Eileen Collins, James Kelly, Charles Camarda, Wendy Lawrence, Stephen Robinson, Thomas Andrew (USA) and Soichi Noguchi (Japan).
The goal of the mission is to supply and transport new modules for the International Space Station.
During the mission, Noguchi and Robinson perform three spacewalks (for a total of 20 hours and 5 minutes).
The shuttle returns to Earth on August 9 landing on Runway 22 from Edwards Base in California for a 13-day, 21 hours, 32 minutes, and 219 Earth orbits flight.
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