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“Obviously a huge day,” NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said, for all of the space station partners “and really for all the people who hope to see space station come to fruition and do what it was designed to do.”

“It was pretty exciting, pretty exciting,” Giffords told The Associated Press. Although it was a smooth launch — the only problem was the apparent failure of a backup set of electronics for swiveling engines — she said she wouldn’t relax until the shuttle is back from its two-week mission.