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The Mission

		Orbiter: Discovery Mission: STS-133 Payload: Leonardo Launch: Feb. 24, 2011 Time: 4:53 p.m. EST Site: Pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center Landing: March 9 @ 11:57 a.m. EST Site: KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility Mission Status Center NASA TV (rev. L) Master Flight Plan Countdown timeline Ascent events chart Launch windows chart SRB case history STS-133 Video Coverage High Definition Video STS-133 Mission Index Our Shuttle Archive

The Crew

		Cdr Steve Lindsey Pilot Eric Boe MS 1 Al Drew MS 2 Steve Bowen MS 3 Mike Barratt MS 4 Nicole Stott

Artistic panorama of ferryflight takeoff

A panoramic sequence gives an artistic flare to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft taking off from the Kennedy Space Center with the orbiter Discovery perched on top piggyback-style en route to the Smithsonian.

Photo credit: Christopher Miller/Spaceflight Now

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