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Discovery Moved To Vehicle Assembly Building

Workers accompany shuttle Discovery as it moves away from NASA's Orbiter Processing Facility and toward the Vehicle Assembly Building in preparation for its intended July liftoff. Image credit: NASA/KSC
by Phil Berardelli
 Washington DC (SPX) May 15, 2006
 Workers have moved shuttle Discovery across the tarmac at Kennedy Space Center from its processing facility and into the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building, NASA announced Friday.

Inside the huge building, the shuttle's external tank and twin solid rocket boosters stand await mating with the orbiter, which NASA said in a statement soon will be attached to the rest of the assembly. Shuttle Discovery is set to launch on the STS-121 mission, currently targeted for launch no earlier than July 1.

The flight will continue evaluation of shuttle flight safety procedures necessitated by the Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003, including inspection and repair techniques. It also will deliver more supplies and cargo for future station expansion.

Steve Lindsey will command the mission, flying with pilot Mark Kelly, spacewalkers Mike Fossum and Piers Sellers and mission specialists Stephanie Wilson and Lisa Nowak.

ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter will fly aboard the shuttle to the International Space Station, where he will remain for several months, and give the station its first three-person crew since May 4, 2003.

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Discovery Scheduled For Important Move
 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 02, 2006
 NASA officials say an important milestone for the upcoming Space Shuttle Discovery mission will occur May 12, when the shuttle is moved from its hangar.






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