The launch was a successful start for a NASA telescope called Kepler that will look for planets in the Milky Way that might sustain life.
Photo taken in Melbourne, Fla.
The space shuttle Discovery lifted off Sunday evening
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/03/15/shuttle.launch/index.html
I took this shot at the Kennedy Space Center Observation Gantry the day before the Discovery's scheduled launch, only to find out the next day there was a fuel leak and that the shuttle would not be taking off for the next couple of days at the least. A disappointment, yes, but it's a good thing they found this before it was too late!
