Live NASA coverage of Space Shuttle Discovery was shown with live launch commentary by NASA Launch Commentator Bruce Buckingham. The crew of STS-121 was Commander Steve Lindsey Pilot Mark Kelly mission specialists Michael Fossum, Lisa Nowak, Stephanie Wilson, Piers Sellers and Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency. launch and fast forwarding to the final seconds on the countdown clock. It would be only the second flight since Columbia exploded in 2003. So last week, down came the countdown clock that dated back to the Apollo 12 moon shot in 1969 and signaled every space shuttle launch for 30 years. Experience what veteran NASA astronauts call the next best thing to an actual. Companies like SpaceX, Boeing, United Launch. We are home to NASA and the Kennedy Space Center. This was the first shuttle launch since Discovery last flew in July 2005. Since the 50s, weve been on the forefront of American space exploration. Live shots were also shown of Mission Control. Live shots were shown of on-board cameras checking the foam on the outside of the fuel tanks. Cameras followed the shuttle into the air. The countdown was shown beginning at 1:43 p.m. Each one began at Kennedys Launch Complex 39. T13:43:12-04:00 Live NASA coverage of Space Shuttle Discovery was shown with live launch commentary by NASA Launch Commentator Bruce Buckingham. NASAs shuttle fleet - Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour - flew a total of 135 missions.
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