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STS-131 Shuttle Mission Imagery
contrails from space shuttle Discovery STS-131 launch
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201004050003hq (5 April 2010) --- Contrails are seen as workers leave the Launch Control Center after the launch of the space shuttle Discovery and the start of the STS-131 mission at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on April 5, 2010. Discovery is carrying a multi-purpose logistics module filled with science racks for the laboratories aboard the International Space Station. The mission has three planned spacewalks, with work to include replacing an ammonia tank assembly, retrieving a Japanese experiment from the station's exterior, and switching out a rate gyro assembly on the station's truss structure. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: Amiko Kauderer | Updated: 04/05/2010
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