Admire the moment of launching the Space Shuttle Discovery

On April 5, the US space agency (NASA) successfully launched space shuttle Discovery to assemble the International Space Station (ISS). This is NASA's second annual shuttle mission and one of the four Discovery spacecraft's last four flights before "retirement".

The shuttle crew of the shuttle is waving to colleagues on the ground before flying into space.Source: Daily Mail .

Discovery ship leaves the launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (USA) at 6:21 am on April 5 (local time). More than 8 minutes after leaving the launch pad, Discovery ships into Earth orbit at a speed of 26,000 km / hour. As expected, the ship will arrive at the ISS Station on April 7.

During this 13-day journey, the Discovery ship crew of four males and three females will have three space walks to replace ammonia tanks and maintain some parts of the station. . In addition, Discovery also offers additional equipment for a multi-purpose logistics module for scientific research.

Below are pictures of Discovery leaving the 39A launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, Florida (USA) .

This Discovery launch event attracted the attention of many journalists around the world because many experts were concerned that the shuttle might have a technical problem.Source: Daily Mail.

Before being launched into space on April 5, the shuttle had Discovery been thoroughly inspected many days earlier.Source: Reuters.

The space shuttle Discovery leaves the launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center . Source: Daily Mail.

Discovery, with the mission of replacing ammonia tanks and maintaining some other parts of the station.Source: Daily Mail.

In addition, Discovery also offers additional equipment for a multi-purpose logistics module for scientific research, which is gradually leaving the ground . Source: MonstersandCritics .

Space Shuttle Discovery is expected to be assembled with the International Space Station (ISS) on April 7 . Source: MonstersandCritics.

. and returned to motherland on April 18.Source: MonstersandCritics.

The Space Shuttle Discovery leaves the launch pad to create glowing lights that dispel the night in Florida (USA).Source: MonstersandCritics.

Space shuttle Discovery leaves the launch pad to create beautiful white clouds in the sunrise in Florida sky.Source: Daily Mail.

The clouds created by Discovery spacecraft look like a dragon flying in the sky.Source: Daily Mail.

. and here another great circle of light embraces Florida Bay.Source: Daily Mail.