EXCLUSIVE - Space Shuttle Launch Pictures

My friend who lives right next door to Cape Canaveral in Florida sent me these pictures of the space shuttle launch that happened yesterday. He took these pictures from his back yard last night.





Here are some news items about that same launch:

NASA readies for Sunday space shuttle launch.

Discovery Blasts off.

Earth as seen from Mars

This is how Earth looks from Mars, just a small speck of dust in a huge dark sky. I always thought we would look much bigger.



For more information, have a look at NASA's Site.