Yahoo to Stream Space Shuttle Mission

Yahoo said on Tuesday that it would provide live video of the Discovery space shuttle mission available to both users of its Web site, as well as the NASA site. The video will be in Windows Media Format, and will be promoted throughout the site during the shuttle's 12-day mission.

In a separate agreement, Akamai will provide the same video in RealVideo format on the NASA site. Discovery's mission is the first space shuttle mission in over two years. The entire program was halted after a hole in the protective heat shield of the space shuttle Columbia caused it to disintegrate during reentry over Texas on Feb 1, 2003.