KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, USA - 04 JulY 2006 - In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach (foreground) cheers o

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, USA - 04 JulY 2006 - In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach (foreground) cheers over the successful liftoff of Space Shuttle Discovery, watching it rocket through the sky on mission STS-121 -- the first ever Independence Day launch of a space shuttle. At far left is Stephanie Stilson, NASA flow director, who began conducting Discovery's processing operations in December 2000 - Photo: Geopix/NASA/Kim Shiflett

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