Space Shuttle Discovery Lift Off

KSC2001030802 - 08 MARCH 2001 - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA: The Space Shuttle Discovery competes with the rising sun as it blasts off from Launch Pad 39B just at dawn on mission STS-102, March 8, 2001, at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Liftoff occurred at 6:42:09 EST for this eighth flight to the International Space Station. rlw/NASA UPI