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In another seemingly-perfect launch, the Space Shuttle Discovery is on its way to the International Space Station. Like many space geeks, I remained a bit tense until the solid rocket boosters were dropped but it now appears everything is right on target.

The shuttle will be taking a Japanese-designed lab module to the space station, it weighs in at about 16 tons and will be installed in a series of space walks over the next week.

In what may be a far more important job, they are also bringing along spare parts to repair the broken toilet on the ISS, which just goes to show you that, even in space, it is the little things that matter most