This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Shuttle launch marks cautious start to mission amid debris questions
NASA officials described debris seen during Discovery liftoff as potentially routine but said it was too early to judge any danger. Nose cone reportedly hit a bird, while engineers planned frame-by-frame analysis, a 50-foot boom inspection, and multiple reviews over several days to assess tile damage and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NASA
Kennedy Space Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Soichi Noguchi
Japan
John Shannon
Shannon
Space Agency
Discovery
Eileen Collins
International Space Station
Collins
Columbia
Griffin