STS-124 - NASA Space Shuttle to the International Space Station on mission STS-124.

We Have Liftoff!

The space shuttle Discovery leaps from billows of smoke into a clear blue Florida sky as it leaves Earth for mission STS-124 to the International Space Station. Launch was on time at 5:02 p.m. EDT.

This is the 26th assembly mission to the space station. The 14-day flight includes three spacewalks, and will deliver and connect Japan's laboratory module to the station.

Photo credit: NASA/Fletch Hildreth
May 31, 2008