Tag: Discovery; Space Shuttle; Discovery; Launch Complex 39B

Space Shuttle Discovery Liftoff (STS-133) – 2/24/2011

Feb 27, 2026

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by

Alden Pitard

in Astronauts, Launch Complex 39B, NASA, Robonaut, Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle, Space Station, STS-133

Lets go back to the (STS-133) Space Shuttle Discovery\’s Liftoff in 2011. As the Space Shuttle Program was winding down I had several requests for viewing passes from friends and family. On this particular day I was able to bring out to the launch an old high school classmate and his family and we were…