Discovery's Fueling Underway

By Mark Carreau mark.carreau@gmail.com
Houston

NASA’s Launch Control Center team began to fuel the shuttle Discovery early Feb. 24 in preparation for the spacecraft’s 39th and final flight, while forecasters improved and already favorable forecast for a late afternoon liftoff.

Discovery’s long delayed 11-day assembly and supply mission to the International Space Station was scheduled to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 4:50 p.m. ...

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