# STS120LaunchHiRes-edit1

- By: NASA; edited by jjron (tilt corrected)
- Date: Taken on 23 October 2007
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-120/html/sts120-s-028.html
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS120LaunchHiRes-edit1.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/d/d6/STS120LaunchHiRes-edit1.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.