NASA STS 124 (1J) Space Shuttle Discovery Launch

A beautiful day in Cape Canaveral Florida for the launch of Discovery STS-124 (1J). "A man made rising sun on behalf of Japan"
Rob Navias Assent Commentator

Space Shuttle Discovery flew seven astronauts into space, led by Commander Mark Kelly. The pilot for the mission is Ken Ham. Karen Nyberg, Ron Garan, Mike Fossum, Gregory Chamitoff and Japan's Akihiko Hoshide are the mission specialists for the flight. Discovery's visit to the ISS will include the installation of Japanese Pressurized Module. This section is the largest habitable module for the station and is equipped with its own robotic arm. Congratulations to the crew and to everyone at KSC/NASA/JAXA/NASA TV!

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[kevmccln]

Space shuttle launches will soon become a thing of the past. Only seven of them left before the fleet is retired. Then it's nothing until Orion in 2014, if that. So enjoy and support the shuttle as much as we can. They're gonna be in history books soon enough...

[paul08211973]

I took my 10 yr old nephew to see this launch. We were like 10 miles away from the launch. It was really cool to experience that with him. I remember my first trip down to see one go off, and have been hooked ever since.

[TheSerho]

WTF is on 2:57-2:58 ?

[KillerKahuna]

yeah well, I would too on one condition ...

And that is the 100% chance of returning safely. I mean who knows what's out there :P

[Chrisjr2007]

I would DARE to go to space :)

[Chrisjr2007]

True!

[marcoelizalde]

increiiible... simplemente maravilloso

[cfhgoodlandstyle]

awesome

[KillerKahuna]

I love everything about space and others but I wouldn't dare to go into space even if I pass all the tests

[AndreaZzzXXX]

go go go !!!