Discovery Hooked Up for Spring Mission
Discovery, the next space shuttle scheduled to fly to the International Space Station, was hoisted and attached to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters on Feb. 22 and 23 in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla. A seven-member international crew commanded by astronaut Alan Poindexter will deliver a multi-purpose logistics module filled with science racks to be transferred to the space station’s laboratories. STS-131 is targeted to begin with a liftoff from Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39A Fla. on Apr. 5 at 6:19 am EST.
Just imagine that thing getting dropped?
Discovery – she’s my favorite.?
Wouldn’t? want to drop that…
thats cooooool .. yayz ^______^?
@Dashingdavaroo
What is even more impressive is the shear size of the building. Having visited KSC last year, I could say it is one? of the biggest building in volume that i’ve ever seen.
this should be? good…
my favorite mission was sts-130 one baceause i like more endevor and two because the people? look more friendly
4th mission? left… :’(
yay yay? yay ?
thats going to be sweet. cant wait? to see what N.A.S.A is going to do next
Impressive!?
I think the crew is? pretty awesome. Very diverse.
i’m going to the july launch. i hope there are tickets still available. i think they start selling about 6 week prior to launch. if anyone has more info. please enlighten me. it would be greatly appreciated. i just want to see a shuttle launch before they retire.?
That is some impressive lifting power. You can see how many of the heat shield tiles have had to have been? replaced.
awsome!?
good stuff?
that? soon wow
STS-131, looking? forward to it guys