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• Nov. 6: In this image from NASA TV, the stabilizer and payload bay on the shuttle orbiter Discovery is seen against the Earth.
• Nov. 5: In this photo released by NASA, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their separation.
• Nov. 5: This photo provided by NASA shows the repaired solar panel photographed by an STS-120 crew member onboard the Discovery as it moves away from the international space station.
• Nov. 5: This photo provided by NASA shows the repaired solar panel photographed by an STS-120 crew member onboard the Discovery as it moves away from the international space station.
• Nov. 5: This photo provided by NASA shows the repaired solar panel photographed by an STS-120 crew member onboard the Discovery as it moves away from the international space station.
• Nov. 5: This photo provided by NASA shows the repaired solar panel photographed by an STS-120 crew member onboard the Discovery as it moves away from the international space station.
• Nov. 5: Space shuttle Discovery does a flyaround of the international space station after undocking.
• Nov. 3: The view from space shuttle Discovery of astronaut Scott Parazynski, tethered to a foot restraint on the end of the shuttle's boom arm as he checks out his repair work on a torn solar panel.
• Nov. 3: Astronaut Scott Parazynski illuminated by direct sunlight as he looks over his repair work on the international space station's torn solar array.
• Oct. 30: The evident damage to a solar array which ripped as it was being unfurled by astronauts aboard the international space station.
• Oct. 30: Douglas Wheelock emerges from a hatch on the International Space Station to start the spacewalk to install a solar power tower.
• Oct. 29: Astronauts Doug Wheelock, left, and Scott Parazynski float near the galley on the middeck of space shuttle Discovery while docked with the international space station.
• Oct. 29: Astronaut Stephanie Wilson, STS-120 mission specialist, and a model of the Harmony node float freely on the middeck of space shuttle Discovery while docked with the international space station.
• Oct. 28: Astronaut Scott Parazynski, STS-120 mission specialist, participates in the second of five scheduled sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction continues on the international space station.
• Oct. 28: Astronaut Daniel Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, participates in the second of five scheduled sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction continues on the international space station.
• Oct. 28: The international space station reflecting the setting sun as it and space shuttle Discovery cross into nighttime just off the coast of Australia.
• Oct. 27: Astronauts Daniel Tani (bottom), Expedition 16 flight engineer; Stephanie Wilson and Doug Wheelock (second left), both STS-120 mission specialists; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut George Zamka (right), STS-120 pilot, take a moment for a photo on the middeck of space shuttle Discovery while docked with the international space station.
• Oct. 27: Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, left, Expedition 16 commander, and Pam Melroy, STS-120 commander, take a moment for a photo in the Unity node of the international space station.
• Oct. 27: Astronauts during a news briefing aboard the international space station.
• Oct. 27: This image provided by NASA Television shows international space station commander Peggy Whitson, left and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli inside the new Harmony live-in module after its hatch was opened.
• Oct. 26: Astronaut Scott Parazynski hovers in shuttle Discovery's open cargo bay as he and collegue Doug Wheelock install the Harmony habitation module on the international space station.
• Oct. 26: Astronauts Douglas Wheelock and Scott Parazynski, with feet to camera, work on getting a broken antenna into the Discovery's cargo bay.
• Oct. 26: Astronaut Douglas Wheelock holds a broken antenna while riding on the end of the international space station's robotic arm.
• Oct. 26: Astronaut Doug Wheelock prepares for his spacewalk, with one foot of his spacewalking partner, Scott Parazynski, visible over Wheelock's head.
• Oct. 26: The Harmony live-in compartment, left center, on the robotic arm of the international space station as it moves the module into position for attachment to the space station.
• Oct. 25: Astronaut Peggy Whitson, right, international space station commander, greeting astronaut Pam Melroy, space shuttle commander, after the hatch opening between the space station and shuttle Discovery.
• Oct. 25: The underside of space shuttle Discovery photographed by an international space station crew member during the shuttle's approach.
• Oct. 25: The nose and part of the underside of Discovery, as photographed by an international space station Expedition 16 crewmember during a backflip maneuver.
• Oct. 25: Discovery's tail section as photographed by an Expedition 16 crew member during a backflip maneuver. Visible are the shuttle's main engines and vertical stabilizer.
• Oct. 23: Discovery streaks across the sky as seen from Bullard, Texas shortly after sunset.
• Oct. 23: NASA TV shows Discovery separating from the external fuel tank, which drops back into Earth's atmosphere to burn up, several minutes after launch.
• Oct. 23: The solid rocket boosters and Discovery's own engines fire during launch, as seen by the camera mounted on the launch assembly's external fuel tank.
• Oct. 23: Top NASA officials watch Discovery's launch from the firing room of the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center.
• Oct. 23: Fran Frabizzio, 19, of Wilmington, Del., fishes from the A. Max Brewer Causeway in Titusville, Fla. as Space Shuttle Discovery launches from Kennedy Space Center across the Indian River.
• Oct. 23: Cactus frames the launch of space shuttle Discovery near Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Oct. 23: A wide-angle shot of the Discovery liftoff.
• Oct. 23: Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on a mission to the International Space Station.
• Oct. 23: Discovery crewmembers get ready to board the Astrovan for the ride to the launch pad. Left to right: European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, astronauts Scott Parazynski, Daniel Tani and Douglas Wheelock, mission specialist Stephanie Wilson, pilot George Zamka and commander Pamela Melroy.
• Oct. 23: The commander and crew of space shuttle Discovery leave the Crew and Check-Out building at the Kennedy Space Center. Left to right: Pilot George Zamka, astronaut Daniel Tani, astronaut Scott Parazynski, mission specialist Stephanie Wilson, commander Pamela Melroy, European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, astronaut Douglas Wheelock.
• Oct. 22: Discovery being prepared the night before lauch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Oct. 22: The last rays of sunlight hit space shuttle Discovery as it sits on the launching pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Oct. 21: Space Shuttle Discovery Commander Pamela Melroy, right, shakes hands with a shuttle training aircraft crew member at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• Expedition 16/STS-120 astronaut Daniel Tani (left) dons a NASA spacesuit while STS-120 spacewalk choreographer Paolo Nespoli assists him.
• During emergency egress training as part of the pre-launch terminal countdown demonstration test, STS-120 crew members practice getting out of the slidewire basket at the landing site. Jumping out is mission specialist Stephanie Wilson with crewmate Doug Wheelock behind.
• STS-120 mission specialist Stephanie Wilson is ready for her turn at driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier. The M-113 is part of emergency exit procedures from Launch Pad 39A.
• STS-120 mission specialists Paolo Nespoli (front), Daniel Tani (middle) and spacewalker Scott Parazynski in the shuttle's middeck during a launch-day dress rehearsal.
• Sept. 30: Space shuttle Discovery moves into position atop the launch pad for mission STS-120.
• The 'class photo' of the crew of shuttle mission STS-120.