Discovery going for second launch since 2003 Columbia loss
{{date|July 1, 2006}}
[[Image:STS 121 Crew Portrait.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The crew of the STS-121]]
With a planned launch time of 3:48 {{w|Eastern Time Zone|EDT}} (19:48 {{w|Coordinated_Universal_Time|UTC}}), [[NASA]]'s shuttle ''[[Space_Shuttle_Discovery|Discovery]]'' embarks on the second mission since the loss of shuttle ''{{w|Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia}}'' in 2003. The mission designation is {{w|STS-121}}.

The crew are as follows:
* {{w|Steven W. Lindsey}} – Commander – USA
* [[Mark E. Kelly]] – Pilot – USA
* {{w|Michael E. Fossum}} – Mission Specialist – USA
* {{w|Lisa Nowak}} – Mission Specialist – USA
* {{w|Stephanie Wilson}} – Mission Specialist – USA
* {{w|Piers Sellers}} – Mission Specialist – USA
* {{w|Thomas Reiter}} – Astronaut – European Space Agency

As of 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC), the weather has delayed the launch until July 2, with a planned launch time of 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 GMT).

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/sts-121/launch-vlcc.html
|title=NASA's Launch Blog - Mission STS-121|
author=|pub=NASA|date=July 1, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060701_sts121_prelaunch.html
|title=Launch Day: Space Shuttle Discovery Set to Fly 
|author=Tarig Malik
|pub=Space.com
|date=July 1, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
|title=NASA Space Shuttle page
|author=
|pub=NASA
|date=July 1, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/07/01/shuttle.launch/index.html|title=Shuttle gets fueled up for launch|author=Miles O'Brien, Kate Tobin and Marsha Walton|pub=cnn.com|date=July 1, 2006}}

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The crew of the STS-121
With a planned launch time of 3:48 EDT (19:48 UTC), NASA's shuttle Discovery embarks on the second mission since the loss of shuttle Columbia in 2003. The mission designation is .

The crew are as follows:
*  – Commander – USA
* Mark E. Kelly – Pilot – USA
*  – Mission Specialist – USA
*  – Mission Specialist – USA
*  – Mission Specialist – USA
*  – Mission Specialist – USA
*  – Astronaut – European Space Agency

As of 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC), the weather has delayed the launch until July 2, with a planned launch time of 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 GMT).
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