Discovery sets off at 8:47 p.m. EST

As a kid, some of us had a dream to become astronauts. Some made it there. For Christer Fuglesang, it took 14 years of hard work and patience. He is one of a kind, and most certainly a great astrounaut. Go Christer!!

The Discovery space shuttle and it's crew has set off to space with destination ISS. (International Space Station). This mission to the ISS, is said to be one of the most complex ever.

Discovery's crew is Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein and mission specialists Bob Curbeam, Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick, Williams and Christer Fuglesang, a European Space Agency astronaut.

You guys rock!

Read about the launch here.