COLLECTION NAME:
Kennedy Image Gallery
Record
Title:
Discovery Roars Toward Orbit
Creator:
NASA
Description:
Space shuttle Discovery roars off Launch Pad 39A on the STS-119 mission atop twin towers of fire that light up the sky after sunset at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff was on time March 15, 2009 at 7:43 p.m. EDT. The STS-119 mission is the 28th to the International Space Station and the 125th space shuttle flight. Discovery will deliver the final pair of power-generating solar array wings and the S6 truss segment. Image credit: Photo courtesy of Scott Andrews March 15, 2009
Date:
3/16/09
Identifier:
318626main_2009-2059_full
MediaType:
Image
Year:
2009
What:
Discovery
What:
STS-1
What:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
What:
International Space Station (ISS)
Where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Where:
Florida
