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LIFTOFF!
Space shuttle Discovery leaps from the billows of
smoke below into a clear blue sky on its STS-124 mission to the
International Space Station. Launch was on time at 5:02 p.m. EDT.
Discovery is making its 35th flight.
The STS-124 mission is the 26th in the assembly of the space station.
It is the second of three flights launching components to complete the
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. The shuttle crew
will install Kibo's large Japanese Pressurized Module and its remote
manipulator system, or RMS. The 14-day flight includes three
spacewalks.
Image Credit: NASA/Fletch Hildreth
Titusville
is located on the east
coast of Florida, below Daytona Beach and above Cocoa Beach,
right next to the Kennedy
Space center.
A
short drive takes you to Orlando, where
Disney World, Universal Studios,
and Sea World wait to give the kids a thrill of
a lifetime.