Discovery rolled out to the pad for final time
Posted: Wed, Sep 22, 2010, 12:10 AM ET (0410 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery rolled out to its launch pad Monday night for what is scheduled to be its final mission. Discovery left the Vehicle Assembly Building at 7:23 pm EDT (2323 GMT) Monday, arriving at pad 39A about six and a half hours later. Discovery is scheduled to lift off on November 1 on STS-133, the final scheduled mission for the orbiter. On that 11-day mission, the next to last currently scheduled for the shuttle fleet, Discovery will devlier and install a logistics module and carry spare parts and other supplies for the ISS.
The space shuttle Discovery rolled out to its launch pad Monday night for what is scheduled to be its final mission. Discovery left the Vehicle Assembly Building at 7:23 pm EDT (2323 GMT) Monday, arriving at pad 39A about six and a half hours later. Discovery is scheduled to lift off on November 1 on STS-133, the final scheduled mission for the orbiter. On that 11-day mission, the next to last currently scheduled for the shuttle fleet, Discovery will devlier and install a logistics module and carry spare parts and other supplies for the ISS.
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