Shuttle Discovery mission STS-121

[SirUlli]

After two scrubbed attempts, Discovery shot spaceward at 2:37:55 p.m. EDT (1837:55 GMT) from Pad 39B here at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The launch marked NASA?s first-ever shuttle flight to leave Earth on Independence Day.

full Story

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060704_sts121_spaceshot.html

and

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

we are in space again

Good work at NASA

regards
Sir Ulli

 

[amdxborg]

Awesome news thanx SirUlli!!!

 

[JC]

I don't get NASA TV on Charter, I'm glad I have 3Mb cable internet so I can watch it that way

 

[networkman]

I saw it covered on the NASA channel on DirecTV(satellite). As others have said, it was the best 4th of July show ever!

I still gotta get in touch with my colleague Jim and see if we were able to pick up the launch on the VLF recordings.

 

[Assimilator1]

Good news & I hope all goes well

 

[SirUlli]

One Spacewalk Down, Two to Go

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Mission Specialists Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum successfully completed STS-121?s first spacewalk at 4:49 p.m. EDT today. The excursion outside Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station featured two major scheduled tasks.

all looks good

Greetings from Germany
Sir Ulli