STS-133 Final Discovery Mission

2/24/11 ~ 4:53 p.m.

The Shuttle Discovery, NASA's flagship orbiter, heads into space for the 39th and final time February 24 at 4:53 p.m. EST. STS-133 launched
into a beautifully clear late-afternoon sky, taking to the space station Leonardo, formerly one of the two flown reusable Multipurpose
Logistics Modules (MPLM) that visited the ISS on seven previous shuttle missions since 2001, and now converted into a permanent storage
closet for the station known as the Pressurized Multipurpose Module (PMM). This was the last U.S.-launched module added to the space station.

Below, setting camerasup in the swamp. Photo of me and Katie Darby by Craig Durling.