Space Shuttle Discovery’s STS-128 mission is set to lift off within minutes of the time of this blog post. My suggestion: space out to Soma FM‘s Mission Control channel in one browser tab (or on iTunes or your player of choice) while you watch Miles O’Brien hosting live coverage of the launch on SpaceFlightNow.com, embedded after the jump. Follow Miles on Twitter here, and SpaceFlightNow here. I’ll also be following @Astro_Jose = Mexican-American astronaut José Hernández, who tweets from space en Español (!!!).
Image (via NASA): “Seated are Commander Rick Sturckow (right) and Pilot Kevin Ford. From the left (standing) are mission specialists José Hernández, John “Danny” Olivas, Nicole Stott, European Space Agency’s Christer Fuglesang and Patrick Forrester.” Godspeed, all.