Space Shuttle Discovery's last launch to the Space Station

Discovery ready for lift-off!

pulled-out view

Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)

5-4-3-2-1 : BLAST OFF of Space Shuttle Discovery,

serving the United States faithfully, as has

it's crew. This is Discovery's last mission.

( I made that up..but not the last mission part)

the launch pad after lift off

Dad went to see the Space Shuttle Discovery lift off from the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday. He left on Wednesday, and came back yesterday. To all you folks out there: traveling with no kids is easy...kids slow you down ( and yes, it's true..they got down there to Orlando in one day, and when we went down there it took 2 days). Anyway, they got to see Discovery lift off, and we got to watch it on video Thursday night. Here is a link to see it if you want to:

http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG-_pPeQ_tU

We've seen it go off once, as a family, but that was at night. I will post a couple of pictures of that launch back in 2008 or whenever it was, in the next post.

Katy