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The space shuttle Columbia on the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, STS-109, lights up the morning sky over Cocoa Beach. Inset shows the white smoky trails of the solid rocket boosters as they plunge down to the Atlantic Ocean some 140 miles east of Cape Canaveral to be recovered. Launch occurred at 6:22 a.m. (yawn) on 3/1/02. <<<back to MISSION/LAUNCH INDEX | |
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