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SDC : Space Shuttle Discovery Set for Last Trip to Launch Pad
SDC : Space Shuttle Discovery Set for Last Trip to Launch Pad
By Denise Chow
SPACE.com Staff Writer
posted: 20 September 2010
07:41 am ET
Space shuttle Discovery is set to make one last trip to the launch pad late Monday (Sept. 20) to gear up for its final mission as NASA moves closer to retiring its orbiter fleet for good.
The shuttle is slated to begin the hours-long launch pad trek at 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT) tonight at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Hundreds of NASA workers and their families are expected to be on hand to watch the shuttle's move.