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Discovery Ready For Takeoff

By Dee Chisamera07:44, May 31st 2008

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Space Shuttle Discovery has entered the final phase before the May 31 launch, with technicians working on the “finishing touches” at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. There have been no issues reported so far, and the final countdown for the Sunday launch has already began.

Discovery’s STS-124 mission is one of three flights to launch components of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory and install the Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module (JPM) and its remote manipulator system (RMS) on the International Space Station.