Discovery Reaches Orbit

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The crew of STS-120 is safely in orbit and on their way to
the International Space Station following a flawless liftoff from NASA"s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The seven astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery are to spend 14 days in space during the mission.

Objectives for the flight include delivering a new segment called Harmony to the station, along with new station crew member Dan Tani.

Tani will stay on the orbiting laboratory and Discovery will bring current station resident Clayton Anderson back to Earth. Discovery's crew will also move a tower of solar arrays to its new position on the orbiting laboratory.

Discovery is scheduled to land at Kennedy on Nov. 6.

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