Following Discovery Launch, Shuttle's First Pilot Describes Mission Number 1
<p>As six astronauts engage in one last mission aboard the just launched space shuttle Discovery, Mike Coats, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, knows what it feels like. After all, Coats was the pilot for the shuttle Discovery's very first mission -- the STS-41D flight that marked the beginning of the shuttle's 27-year spaceflying career. (http://www.space.com/10938-space-shuttle-discovery-legacy-numbers.html)</p>
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