Flight Day 1 Highlights
Photographers and onlookers watch the launch of Discovery (out of frame) and its seven-member crew at 10:39 a.m. EDT as it begins the two-day journey to the International Space Station. Discovery is slated to dock with the ISS at 7:18 a.m. EDT Thursday.
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Edwards Air Force Base, Spaceflight, Manned spacecraft, STS-124, STS-114, International Space Station, Space Shuttle Discovery