KSC-01PP-0435 - STS-102 Discovery lifts off from Launch Pad 39-B 


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -– Viewed from the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building, Space
Shuttle Discovery leaps from the Earth against the background of the Atlantic Ocean on mission
STS-102. Liftoff at dawn occurrred at 6:42:09 EST for the eighth flight to the International
Space Station.

 
                                               03/08/2001