Not since Columbia disintergrated over Texas as the shuttle lifted...2.5 years ago.
One minute 30 seconds.....
T-minus one minute....
T-minus 30 seconds.....
Discovery's computers now in control...firing chain is armed.
T-minus ten seconds
LIFT OFF!!!!
The vehicle has cleared the tower!!!
Gooooo!
The camera view from the external tank is great!!!
The chilling "Go with throttle up"....thankfully still all go.
Speed 2000 MPH, burn out of the twin solid rocket boosters altitude 33 miles....
200 Zragoza....all systems in good condition.
59 miles altitude...speed 5500 mph...negative return.
200 miles NE of the Kennedy space center, 6700 MPH.
Discovery is pressed to ATO....8000 MPH...300 miles NE of Kennedy, 67 miles up.
Discovery Houston, miminal pitch manuver.
The camera view of the extrenal tank is really cool!!!! 13,600 MPH
700 miles NE of kennedy
16,000 MPH
Jettison of main external fuel tank....man that was cool!!! What a view!!!
Houston...I think we have success!!
Thank God!
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Man, that was awesome. Especially the final shots as they were leaving the atmosphere. You could see some flickering of light and such on the underside for a few brief moments.
I was at work and wasn't able to see this lauch -- Did they even show this live on network TV or was it only on the cable news channels.
It's great the shuttle's up again but it'd be nice if NASA worked on a new type of reusable space craft. When you get right down to it the shuttle is a 1970's design.