- "Discovery in Orbit"
NASA (May 31, 2008)- "Space shuttle Discovery rocketed into space safely this evening to begin a 14-day mission to attach a new scientific module to the International Space Station. Launch came at 5:02 p.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and set Discovery on a trajectory to intercept the space station in two days...."
- "Minnesota native counting down to Discovery launch"
KARE 11 (May 31, 2008)- "An astronaut who grew up in Minnesota is about to become one of only a half-dozen from the state who have gone to space.
- "Karen Nyberg is from the tiny town of Vining, which is located about 27 miles east of Fergus Falls. She graduated from Henning High School in 1988. She'll join a mission to the International Space Station on Saturday, conditions permitting.
- "All of Vining will be watching when the second of three flights brings components to the Japanese Kibo laboratory...."
- "...Also being squeezed on board is a Disney action figure, Buzz Lightyear. It'll spend several months at the space station as part of an educational program for math and science teachers and their students."
- " 'To Infinity - and Beyond!' Buzz Lightyear Goes Into Space"
Apathetic Lemming of the North (May 29, 2008)- "...I'm a bit of a Buzz Lightyear fan, so this is good news for me. It's also part of a NASA "Toys in Space" educational program. Buzz Lightyear is scheduled to be in orbit for six months...."
- "Shuttle Discovery Launches Space Station's Largest Lab"
Space.com (May 31, 2008)- "CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's shuttle Discovery rocketed into space Saturday with a massive Japanese laboratory bound for the International Space Station."
- "Discovery shot up into the sky at 5:02 p.m. EDT (2102 GMT) from its seaside Launch Pad 39A here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center carrying what will soon be the largest single room aboard the space station - the tour bus-sized main cabin of the Japan's Kibo ("hope" in Japanese) laboratory."
It's a big accomplishment, as well as a big lab. At this point, the experiments planned are for life science, materials science and fluid mechanics.
I think Japan has a great deal to be proud of with the Kobe lab and what it's expected to do - and I'm rather pleased with the American contribution, too.
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