SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY STS 116 LIFTOFF

CNN INTL LIVESpace Shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven astronauts lifted off Saturday from Kennedy Space Center at 8:47 p.m. EST. After reaching orbit, Discovery's crew set to work to open the payload bay doors, set up computers and equipment and check out the shuttle's robotic arm. Heat shield inspections will begin Sunday with a station docking scheduled for Monday at 5:05 p.m.The STS-116 crew members will dock to the International Space Station, install the new P5 truss structure and perform three spacewalks to rewire the station for electricity generated by a solar array delivered in September.STS-116 will also swap crew members when mission specialist Sunita Williams becomes a flight engineer for Expedition 14. Taking Williams' place aboard Discovery for the ride home is European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter who has lived aboard the station since July.

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