America’s Space Program provided real fireworks for the Fourth of July as the Space Shuttle Discovery headed back into orbit.
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 4 — Space shuttle Discovery, trailing a tail of yellow fire and billowing gray smoke, launched into central Florida’s dazzling summer sky Tuesday like an outsize Independence Day Roman candle.
After two weather delays over the weekend and questions about lost insulation foam from the orbiter’s external fuel tank, Discovery enjoyed an incident-free countdown on its way to the first launch of a space shuttle on the Fourth of July.
Godspeed and a safe journey for the astronauts.
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