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As Space Shuttle Discovery prepares for her final launch into space on this coming Thursday February 24th (STS-133), this is a great time to take a video look back at some of her travels. These videos are all from STS-121 that launched very patriotically on July 4, 2006. The first video of the launch has a nice collection of camera views and it gives a really good feel for the massive sound the Shuttle generates at liftoff.

The video below is the same launch, but viewed from inside the cockpit of the Orbiter. It begines a few minutes before launch, with main engine start right at the 3 minute mark. It's really interesting to see the crew during the launch sequence... and the initial bumpy ride that sitting on top of nearly 7 million pounds of thrust provides!

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