The shuttle Discovery due to depart the International Space Station (ISS) on 25 August from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, said the U.S. space agency NASA.The ship with its crew of six American and one Swiss keep a container with shelves and equipment, which will be set up temporarily in orbit, plus a refrigerator, a new sleeping compartment and a second machine for exercise, which leads the name of the comedian Stephen Colbert.
Previously, NASA has taken a thorough analysis of the foam insulation on the shuttle's external tank because during the launch of the Endeavor on 15 July had fallen an unusual amount of foam.
Discovery's mission will last 13 days, in which 3 will be conducted spacewalks to spare on the European Columbus laboratory, the experimental material that is there.
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