Shuttle Discovery's Historic Mission - BLU-RAY

On July 26 2005 at 10 39 EDT the Space Shuttle Discovery was launched making it the first shuttle launch since the February 2003 Columbia disaster. Never before has a manned space launch and mission been recorded in such detail. Over 124 cameras covered the launch and for the first time exterior cameras were used to record booster separation.

A space shuttle is a spacecraft that has the capability of launching people and cargo into orbit around Earth. It is typically composed of a winged orbiter, two rocket boosters, and an external fuel tank.

Since the beginning of time, man's fascination with exploring the unknown has been a constant quest. JFK's famous speech in 1961 promising to land a man on the moon started a revolution of exploring outer space which first took a Inchgiant leap for mankindInch on July 20, 1969. This intriguing documentary series let's you journey through space with NASA and witness it all... what hundreds of missions have already accomplished, where man has been and where we still seek to go.