First Photos: Watching Discovery From Above The Sky

First Photo: Shuttle Discovery’s Trail Into Space As Seen from Over 70,000 Feet in a Balloon
“This photo was taken from an an altitude of over 70,000 feet (still being determined exactly) at 5:20 pm EST on 24 February 2011. The camera used was the lowest resolution camera on board the Robonaut-1 balloon – a Motorola Droid X smartphone. You can see the plume left by Space Shuttle Discovery as it headed into space. We will be releasing more images of greater resolution and HD video very soon – all of which show Discovery heading into space. Photo credit (mandatory) Quest for Space/Challenger Center.”
Keith’s update: We’ve added a video still taken by a GoPro Hero Motorsport that clearly shows Discovery arcing into orbit. The video (we’ll post it soon) clearly shows the Discovery climbing into space.