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.
* This information is also available on the following websites:
http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/main/index.html
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