Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday (24 / 2) night time Indonesia will be a witness to the last mission the space shuttle Discovery into space.
The launch of Discovery, as quoted by the BBC on Thursday (24 / 2), scheduled at 09:50 to mark the last trip outside the space vehicle that most often lead the mission in 30 years.
Six person crew of the Discovery astronauts will be heading to the International Space Station (ISS) to deliver various needs of the station and send a robot into a robot called Robonaut the first astronaut in space.
Discovery traveled to outer space more than the outer space of any vehicle owned by the United States Space Agency (NASA). Space shuttle first flew in 1984 has circled Earth more than 5,000 times with an average speed of 17,400 miles per hour.
"You'll see a lot of people witnessed the launch of Discovery this time," said NASA launch director Michael Leinbach. "This is a visitor program of 30 years, not just our job but this is our life. And it is very hard to know this soon be over after we do something important for the country and the world," he added.
Discovery addition, two other programs scheduled for this year before the entire space shuttle program is closed. Space shuttle Endeavor is scheduled to fly in next April with Commander Mark Kelly as head of the mission. Meanwhile, the last plane Atlantis will blast the last time in June despite the U.S. Congress has not approved funding for this mission.
And after the program is closed, then for the first time in 60 years the United States does not have any space vehicle is ready diluncurkan.Kurator the shuttle at the Museum National Air and Space Washington DC Valerie Neal said that so far there is no plan for any mission to the moon , Mars or asteroids.