Night Shuttle Launch to Be Visible From Most of East Coast

People in the eastern United States will get a great opportunity, weather permitting, to see the Space Shuttle Discovery launched into orbit Wednesday evening. The shuttle flight (STS-119) will be the 28th to rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station (ISS), and the glow of its engines will be visible along much of the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. A SPACE.com map shows the area of visibility. To reach the ISS, Discovery must be launched when Earth's rotation carries the launch pad into the plane of the station's orbit. More

(Source: Fox News - Nov 30)