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Nature 444, 796 (14 December 2006) | doi:10.1038/444796b; Published online 13 December 2006
Snapshot: 'So far, so good' for shuttle
Michael Hopkin
NASA is breathing another sigh of relief after an apparently successful shuttle lift-off on the evening of 9 December. As Nature went to press, NASA officials were still checking Discovery's heat shield for any damage, but the night launch, the first since the 2003 Columbia disaster, seems to have passed without incident.
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