Discovery to launch Wednesday as Florida braces for end of shuttle era

Shuttle Discovery is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center at about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, leaving only eight more scheduled missions before NASA retires the fleet in 2010 - and devastates the Space Coast economy.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news155940564.html">Discovery to launch Wednesday as Florida braces for end of shuttle era</a></p> <p>Shuttle Discovery is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center at about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, leaving only eight more scheduled missions before NASA retires the fleet in 2010 - and devastates the Space Coast economy.</p>