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• NASA officials say they don't think a piece of tile that hit Discovery's belly during liftoff is a serious matter.
• Separation of the boosters took place 2 m 30 s after liftoff, shortly followed by first stage burnout, separation and the ignition of the launcher's second stage.
• The extra propellant provides an additional 50 tonnes of thrust in the first 20 seconds following liftoff.
• That is seen as a strong indicator liftoff is on track to proceed between April 4th and 8th, as the North has announced.
• The shifts are not only quick, but require very little throttle liftoff to change gears.
• The shuttle Endeavour's launch was scrubbed last Friday only hours before liftoff.
• The tank will no longer have thick foam insulation on the spot where it tore off Columbia at liftoff.
• The rollback is the first big event in the cycle leading up to launch, so it means liftoff is not far away! RSS Rollback: Watch Endeavour Appear Before Your Eyes | Universe Today
• As long as Ares I-X doesn't do a 180 at liftoff and auger into the pad, Constellation can declare victory. Reminder - Hearing: NASA’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request - NASA Watch
• Twenty-plus years of covering the space program and I come to learn that it's not the awe-striking power of the explosion hopefully controlled known as the liftoff that poses the chief danger to shuttle astronauts - Space Diary: Hubble Space Telescope