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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A fish-eye view of space shuttle Discovery as it lifts off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-120 to the International Space Station. AT left is the White Room, at the end of the orbiter access arm. Below is the mobile launcher platform with the tail masts standing. In the distance is the Atlantic Ocean. Liftoff of Discovery was on time at 11:38:19 a.m. EDT. The mission is the 23rd assembly flight to the space station and the 34th flight for Discovery. The STS-120 payload is the Italian-built U.S. Node 2, called Harmony. During the 14-day mission, the crew will install Harmony and move the P6 solar arrays to their permanent position and deploy them. Discovery is expected to complete its mission and return home at 4:50 a.m. EST on Nov. 6. Photo credit: NASA/Tom Farrar, Scott Haun, Raphael Hernandez