Picture of the Day ? Beauty in the Night as STS-128 Lifts Off

Billows of smoke and steam rise above Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida alongside space shuttle Discovery as it races toward space on the STS-128 mission.
The STS-128 mission is the 30th International Space Station assembly flight and the 128th space shuttle flight. The 13-day mission will deliver more than 7 [...]

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