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Shuttle Launch Countdown Underway for Wednesday

The countdown has begun for the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, the first shuttle flight of the year. Now, with less than two days to go before launch seven astronauts arrived at the Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility in their T-38 aircraft to prepare for launch. The official countdown clock for STS-119 began counting down from the T-43 hour mark at 7 p.m Sunday evening leading to a planned launch at 9:20 p.m. on March 11.Commander Lee Archambault will lead Discovery's crew of seven, along with Pilot Tony Antonelli, and Mission Specialists Joseph Acaba, John Phillips, Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata on mission STS-119 to the International Space Station.

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