With only 10 documented malfunctions, all minor, it was a virtually trouble-free flight.
The two American spacecraft and the first Mars explorer of the European Space Agency have had virtually trouble-free flights.
Trouble-Free Launching Five astronauts, all military officers, rode the spaceship into the cold, clear blue sky in what officials said was a virtually trouble-free liftoff.
Its flight has been virtually trouble-free, and now the one-ton craft is within one million miles of the planet, closing in at 12,000 miles an hour.
Confidence Regardless Officials said their confidence was bolstered by the virtually trouble-free countdown preparations and Discovery's history of no discernible leaks in the hydrogen fuel lines.
This strategy worked virtually trouble-free for years until Michael Scott publicly reads off all listed complaints.
He said the countdown preparations, which began Tuesday morning, were virtually trouble-free.
Unlike their ancestors, contemporary pocket doors are virtually trouble-free and easy to install once the pockets for them have been built.
Navratilova showed her gratitude, though, by dismissing Garrison in two virtually trouble-free sets.
The flight was virtually trouble-free until Saturday night.