CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A radiant cloud of smoke and steam swirl around Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as space shuttle Discovery roars to life lifting off on the STS-131 mission. Shuttle Discovery lifted off at 6 21 EDT on April 5, 2010. The seven-member STS-131 crew will deliver the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, filled with supplies, a new crew sleeping quarters and science racks that will be transferred to the International Space Station's laboratories. The crew also will switch out a gyroscope on the station’s truss, install a spare ammonia storage
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A radiant cloud of smoke and steam swirl around Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as space shuttle Discovery roars to life lifting off on the STS-131 mission. Shuttle Discovery lifted off at 6 21 EDT on April 5, 2010. The seven-member STS-131 crew will deliver the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, filled with supplies, a new crew sleeping quarters and science racks that will be transferred to the International Space Station's laboratories. The crew also will switch out a gyroscope on the station’s truss, install a spare ammonia storage tank and retrieve a Japanese experiment from the station’s exterior. STS-131 is the 33rd shuttle mission to the station and the 131st shuttle mission overall.
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