# Shuttle about to launch

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shuttle-about-to-launch/508120>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 29, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shuttle-about-to-launch/508120 "2009-08-29T03:48:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shuttle-about-to-launch/508120/1 "2009-08-29T03:48:23Z")

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> **[NASA Television | NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html)**
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> NASA Television provides live coverage of launches, spacewalks and other mission events, as well as the latest news briefings, video files, and the This Week @NASA report.

The Discovery is about to launch.

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Captain\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Awesome)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shuttle-about-to-launch/508120/2 "2009-08-29T03:55:05Z")

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Thanks for the heads-up.

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shuttle-about-to-launch/508120/3 "2009-08-29T04:06:40Z")

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And it’s a successful launch.