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Space Shuttle Discovery Rolls To Launch Pad For STS-124 Mission
Story and video clips are available at http://www.spacearium.com/article.ph...80503190644906
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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Space Shuttle Discovery Rolls To Launch Pad For STS-124 Mission
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Story and video clips are available at http://www.spacearium.com/article.ph...80503190644906 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. Well, I hope they are taking up useful Soyuz spare parts. Like a portable, all around, heat shield for the capsule. Layers of carbon(graphite),glass(high temp),SIC cloth formed into a nice, easily installed bag. Have they added a spare heat-shield for the Soyuz? Even if they don't use it, the materials could be used for a shuttle repair. wonders Which Russian group do I talk to about purchasing the Orbital Module?It would make a nice room for Space Tourist -- Craig Fink Courtesy E-Mail Welcome @ |
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