STS-120 - Discovery set to launch on 23rd Oct 16:38 BST

UKTopGun · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:39

There she goooooes

iCraig · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:39

"Hoisting harmony to the heavens"

LOL

deuse · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:40

God speed

ic1male · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:40

Whatever that yellow stuff is on the bottom of the picture, it's wobbling like mad.

Cob · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:40

Gah missed it!

West · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:41

Must be a fantastic experience... great to watch as always

ScarySquirrel · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:41

That gave me goosebumps

Tom0 · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:41

yaaaay there it goes! god speed discovery!

actually have tears in my eyes, thank you for sharing OP.

iCraig · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:42

Chopping onions?

Soviet · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:42

Always amazing to watch.

Tom0 · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:43

iCraig said:
Chopping onions?

Nah, I have emotions, unlike you.

UKTopGun · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:44

It's gone all quiet...

ScarySquirrel · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:45

Wow, it turned over quickly.

West · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:48

What a view that is.

ScarySquirrel · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:49

You can see little particles flying past REALLY quickly.

WHen it detached the orange thing, what were those white flashes underneath the shuttle?

Tax Evader · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:49

.. and Sky News dumbs it down nicely for the UK viewers "they have Luke Skywalker's light sabre on board".

NightSt@lk3r · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:49

what a great launch that was.

camels5 · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:52

Excellent, my 7year old son loved it, as did I.

iCraig · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:53

Do they still have to inspect the underbelly of the Shuttle these days?

NightSt@lk3r · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:55

iCraig said:
Do they still have to inspect the underbelly of the Shuttle these days?

they will probably do a quick inspection when it docks with the iss, but they wont have to do a thorough one unless nasa have a cause for concern.