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STS-120 Shuttle Mission Imagery
Description: 
STS120-S-029 (23 Oct. 2007) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven-member STS-120 crew head toward Earth-orbit and a scheduled link-up with the International Space Station. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A occurred at 11:38:19 a.m. (EDT). Onboard are astronauts Pam Melroy, commander; George Zamka, pilot; Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, Doug Wheelock, European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli and Daniel Tani, all mission specialists. Discovery will link up with the station on Thursday, Oct. 25, to begin a joint mission to continue construction by delivering the Italian-built U.S. Node 2, called Harmony. During the 14-day mission, the crew will install Harmony and move the P6 solar arrays to their permanent position and deploy them.
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Photo-sts120-s-029
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Earth
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International Space Station (ISS)
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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Daniel Tani
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Scott Parazynski
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Stephanie Wilson
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SPD-SPFLT-Photo-sts120-s-029
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http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-120/html/sts120-s-029.html