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Space Shuttle Discovery Rolls To Launch Pad For STS-124 Mission
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After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-124 mission. A launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal countdown demonstration test, is scheduled to take place at Kennedy from May 6 to 9. The crawler-transporter left the KSC Vehicle Assembly Building at 11:47 p.m. Friday, 13 minutes ahead of schedule, perched on its mobile launch platform and carried by a giant crawler-transporter for the 3.4 mile trip to launch complex 39-A. Discovery arrived at the pad at 4:25 a.m. EDT Saturday and was secured on the launch pad at 6:06 a.m. Saturday. Discovery is targeted to launch May 31 on a 13-day mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle's seven crew members will deliver the Kibo laboratory's large Japanese Pressurized Module, or JPM, and its remote manipulator system to the International Space Station. Three spacewalks will be conducted during the flight. |
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