Have thirty years of Space Shuttle launches made us complacent? This montage of slow-motion launch footage, along with the accompanying commentary track, show every detail of the launch sequence.

Early next Monday morning (April 5) at 6:21:22 a.m. Eastern Time, the Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to be launched on mission STS-131 to the International Space Station.

With the Space Shuttle Endeavour scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday evening, skywatchers across much of the United States and southern Canada are in for a real treat early on Saturday and Sunday morning.

This week the New York metro area will have three great opportunities to see the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station flying in tandem across our evening sky.