The Space Shuttle Discovery sits on Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006. The countdown clock was held at 5:00 minutes and NASA officials scrubbed the launch because of weather concerns. (AP Photo/Pete Cosgrove)
Game on..
Let's light this candle!
There was a full moon during all this. Someone should have a good 600 mm image of the moon balanced on the nose of the external tank.
Space Shuttle Discovery astronauts (clockwise from lower left) Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick who was born in England, Sunita Williams, Robert Curbeam, Christer Fuglesang of Sweden, Pilot William Oefelein and Mission Commander Mark Polansky depart for the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida December 9, 2006. The astronauts are set to fly on Mission STS-116 to the International Space Station. REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES)