Space Shuttle Discovery STS-133, the last mission to space for the fleet of aging orbiters, is now set for launch from the Kennedy Space Center on September 16, 2010. The last shuttle crew has been named consiting of just five astronauts. The smaller crew will enable the launch of a slightly larger mass payload.The space shuttle fleet started flying in April 12, 1981 with STS-1. The program will have spanned nearly three decades. Yet it is time for America to dash out of low Earth orbit again!
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