On the 8 March 2001 the Space Shuttle Discovery launched at the start of the STS-102 mission to take up the MPLM Leonardo to the International Space Station and to swap the Expedition One crew with the Expedition Two crew. The STS-102 crew comprises of: Paul Richards, MIssion Specialist; Andy Thomas, Mission Specialist; Jim Kelly, Pilot; Jim Weatherbee, Commander. The Expedition Two crew comprises of Commander Yury Usachev, Susan Helms and Flight Engineer James Voss.
This NASA TV downlink, taken on 08 March 2001 at 11:30 GMT, features live images of the launch of the space shuttle Discovery which took place at 11:42 GMT.

00:36:14:10 Discovery on launchpad
00:46:14:00 T minus one minute
00:47:13:06 Launch
00:49:17:00 Booster separation
00:54:28:07 Countdown clock at the Grandstand
00:56:25:15 Control rooms in US and Moscow
LAUNCH REPLAYS
01:01:13:20 Beach Tracker
01:02:33:19 VAB
01:04:01:12 PAD-B
01:04:42:16 DLTR-3
01:05:26:18 UCS-23 Tracker
01:07:00:00 Patrick Igor
01:09:31:07 UCS-10 Tracker
01:12:27:10 Grandstand - tape ends before launch
01:12:38:00 End of Tape