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In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA Kennedy Space Center, STS-114 Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson is has completed his suit check and is ready for the historic Return to Flight mission STS-114 to the International Space Station. On its second attempt for launch, Discovery is scheduled to lift off at 10:39 a.m. EDT today from Launch Pad 39B. It is the 114th Space Shuttle flight and the 31st for Discovery. The 12-day mission is expected to end with touchdown at the Shuttle Landing Facility on Aug. 7.