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Sat, May 03, 2008 09:19:40 AMFrom:
CBS Space News
Subject:
9a 5/3 Update: Shuttle Discovery moved to launch pad
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CBS NEWS STS-124 STATUS REPORT: 03
Posted: 09:00 AM, 5/3/08
By William Harwood
CBS News Space Analyst
Changes and additions:
SR-02 (05/01/08): Shannon says STS-124 on schedule, with margin; Hubble flight expected to slip into October
SR-03 (05/03/08): Shuttle Discovery hauled to launch pad
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09:00 AM, 5/3/08, Update: Shuttle Discovery hauled to launch pad
The space shuttle Discovery was moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39A early today for work to ready the ship for liftoff May 31 on a flight to deliver Japan's huge Kibo laboratory module to the international space station.
Mounted atop a powerful crawler-transporter, Discovery left the VAB at 11:47 p.m. Friday and was "hard down" on the launch pad by 6:06 a.m. today.
The shuttle's crew - commander Mark Kelly, pilot Kenneth Ham, flight engineer Ronald Garan, Karen Nyberg, Michael Fossum, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and space station flight engineer Gregory Chamitoff - plans to fly to the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday to review emergency procedures and to participate in a dress-rehearsal countdown Friday.
Shuttle program managers plan to hold a two-day flight readiness review May 13 and 14, followed by an executive-level review May 19. If all goes well, the astronauts will return to the Florida spaceport May 28 for the 7 p.m. start of their countdown to blastoff. Launch is targeted for 5:02:05 p.m. on May 31.
A detailed flight plan, the countdown timeline, launch windows, personnel assignments and other useful information are posted on the CBS News STS-124 Quick-Look page:
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html
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Quick-Launch Web Links:
CBS News STS-124 Status Reports:
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/current.html
CBS News STS-124 Quick-Look Page:
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html
NASA ISS Expeditions Page:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/index.html
NASA Shuttle Web: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/index.html
NASA Station Web: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html
Spaceflight Now: http://spaceflightnow.com/index.html
GoogleSatTrack: http://www.lizard-tail.com/isana/tracking/
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