Discovery Preps Continue as Crew Rehearses Leaving Station

 

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:49:41 -0500

Space shuttle Discovery's launch preparations continue on schedule for a targeted launch on Nov. 1 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Technicians at the launch site will finish closeout work today on the shuttle's airlock and flush the spacecraft's thruster system piping.
In Houston, the crew of STS-133 are practicing for undocking the shuttle from the International Space Station and the following flyaround of the orbiting science complex.

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