CAPE CANAVERAL — Discovery, the world's most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time Thursday, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey that marks the beginning of the end of the shuttle era.
Space shuttle Discovery's last launch a success
Thursday, February 24, 2011 | 6:22 p.m. CST
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