NASA clears shuttle for liftoff on Saturday

NASA managers cleared space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven for launch on Saturday to install Japan's research laboratory onto the International Space Station, officials said on Thursday. Liftoff is scheduled for 5:02 p.m. EDT (2102 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle will be carrying a bus-sized lab module named Kibo, a Japanese word for hope. More

(Source: Reuters - May 30)