Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 5:02 p.m. EDT and successully arrived in low Earth orbit eight-and-a-half minutes later.

The push to explore the final frontier continues!

For the best up-to-the-minute coverage during the weekend I invite you to check out all of these sites:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/launch_blog.html

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts124/status.html

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS02

Jim Banke
Cape Canaveral, FL