Esa Space Shuttle Discovery On The Launch Pad

Esa Space Shuttle Discovery On The Launch Pad Cape canaveral, fla. – space shuttle discovery on the launch pad after the rotating service structure retraction. discovery is being prepared for launch to the international space station on the sts 128 mission on 25 august 2009, at 07:36 cest. discovery will deliver new equipment to the station, including science and storage racks, a freezer. Launch of space shuttle discovery. sts 31 discovery, orbiter vehicle (ov) 103, begins its roll maneuver after liftoff from kennedy space center (ksc) launch complex (lc) pad 39b at 12:33:51.0492 ut. this low angle view of the launch shows ov 103 atop the external tank (et) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (srbs) as it rises into the sky.

Esa Space Shuttle Discovery Stands On The Launch Pad Ready For T Lift off of the space shuttle discovery (sts 31), which launched the hubble space telescope into orbit from the kennedy space center in florida. sts 31 was the 35th mission of the american space shuttle program, and although the main purpose of the mission was to deploy hubble into a 612 kilometre low earth orbit, it also carried onboard experiments and imax cameras for the crew to capture the. This photo of the space shuttle discovery's vapor trail was snapped from an altitude above 70,000 feet at 5:20 pm est on feb. 24, 2011. it was taken by a motorola droid x smartphone aboard the. This photo of the shuttle launch pad at nasa's kennedy space center, in florida, was taken by christer fuglesang during a flight he took together with sts 116 crewmate william oefelein during the last days before the scheduled launch of their mission to the international space station. The work to secure space shuttle discovery ahead of the sts 114 return to flight mission is under way at launch pad 39b following its move from the vehicle assembly building. first motion for the 4.2 mile journey was at 1:58 a.m. edt. (6 april 2005).