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STS120LaunchHiRes-edit1
NASA; edited by jjron (tilt corrected)
Taken on 23 October 2007
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-120/html/sts120-s-028.html
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
The Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven-member STS-120 crew head toward Earth-orbit and a scheduled link-up with the International Space Station. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A occurred at 11:38:19 a.m. (EDT). Onboard are astronauts Pam Melroy, commander; George Zamka, pilot; Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, Doug Wheelock, European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli and Daniel Tani, all mission specialists.