Video coverage of NASA's Return to Flight begins with the pre-flight meal and suit-up of the STS-114 crew (Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot James Kelly, Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, Stephen Robinson, Andrew Thomas, Wendy Lawrence, and Charles Camarda), and its departure for the launch pad on the Astrovan. The astronauts board Space Shuttle Discovery and are seated. Arms on the launch pad's Fixed Service Structure pull away, and Discovery is shown from liftoff through booster separation. Video of the ascent from a new camera onboard the External Tank (ET) is included, which features views of the ET's bipod and the tank's separation from the orbiter, with Earth in the background. During a change of shift at Mission Control Center, staff members congratulate the Shuttle crew, and Commander Collins thanks them.
STS-114 Flight Day 1 Highlights
2005-01-01
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English
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