Koichi_Wakata - NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launch on STS 119 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida

NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launch on STS 119 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut Koichi Wakata, Mission Specialist of Space Shuttle "Discovery" stops for photos as he departs from the Operations and Checkout Building for a ride to Complex 39A in final preparation for mission STS 119 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 15, 2009. Discovery is scheduled to launch at approximately 9:20 PM and dock with the International Space Station two days later. (UPI Photo/Joe Marino - Bill Cantrell)


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