Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off without incident last evening, getting the much-delayed STS-119 mission off to a good start. The main tasks of the mission will be to deliver and install the last section of ISS' main truss and the final set of solar wings.
NASA is also monitoring more debris that could pose a threat to ISS. One piece currently being watched may come within a half-mile of the station. That would be closer than an old rocket part that flew past two miles or so distant just last week. The ISS crew spent ten minutes in the Soyuz docked at the station during that potential encounter, just in case.
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