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It's the end of an era for space travel. After nearly three decades, NASA space shuttle Discovery will launch for the last time today. Liftoff is set for 4:50pm [EST] from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. For Discovery's last mission, called STS-133, the six-member crew will deliver supplies to the International Space Station, including a permanent storage module, a science rig and variety of essential spare… Read More

A total of 27 AK-HC900s are slated to be used at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during the space shuttle's launch. AK-HC900s will be positioned in the launch pad system (at two launch pads) in shielded enclosures close to the orbiter, to provide NASA with real-time high definition images of the launch for scientific image analysis, range safety and vehicle status assessment. When fully implemented, each launch pad will utilize… Read More