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Daily Videos: Flight Day 1

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 STS 121 day 1 Clip 3 Master# 721330 Timecode: 3:11:28-3:12:47 -- Space Shuttle Discovery launches at 1:38 p.m. CDT July 4, 2006, from Launch Pad 39 B at Kennedy Space Center, beginning the STS-121 mission.
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 STS 121 day 1 Clip 5 Master# 721330 Timecode: 3:16:11-3:17:41 - A camera mounted on the external tank captures the tank separation from the shuttle orbiter. The video next shows Expedition 13 Flight Engineer Jeff Williams aboard the International Space Station observing the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery.
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 STS 121 day 1 Clip 2 Master# 721330 Timecode: 3:05:02-3:07:19 - This video shows the STS-121 astronauts arriving at the launch pad and boarding Space Shuttle Discovery for the launch of their mission on July 4, 2006.
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 STS 121 day 1 Clip 1 Master# 721330 Timecode: 3:02:59-3:04:27 - STS-121 astronauts in the suit-up room at Kennedy Space Center preparing for the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on July 4, 2006.
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 STS 121 day 1 Clip 4 Master# 721330 Timecode: 3:13:30-3;14:10 - This video shows the separation of Space Shuttle Discovery's solid rocket boosters.
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Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 07/17/2006
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