HDNet to Provide Live Coverage of Spectacular Nighttime Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery

HDNet to Provide Live Coverage of Spectacular Nighttime Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery

Live coverage from the Kennedy Space Center begins at 9:00 p.m. ET tomorrow evening, Wednesday, March 11

DALLAS, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: As part of the network's continuing partnership with NASA, HDNet correspondent Greg Dobbs will be on hand for a LIVE broadcast of the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-119. STS-119 will be the 28th U.S. mission to the International Space Station. The flight will deliver the Starboard 6 truss segment, giving the station its fourth and final set of power-generating solar wings. The S6 truss, with its set of large U.S.-constructed solar arrays, will complete the backbone of the station and provide one-fourth of the total power needed to support a crew of six.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 11. Coverage begins at 9:00 p.m. ET on HDNet with the launch planned for 9:20 p.m. ET.

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