Viewed across the waters of the Banana River at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is secured on Launch Pad 39A. First motion was at 5:17 a.m. EST. Discovery was secured to the pad at 12:16 p.m. Discovery is targeted to launch to the International Space Station Feb. 12. During Discovery's 14-day mission, the crew will install the S6 truss segment and its solar arrays to the starboard side of the station, completing the station's backbone, or truss, enabling a six-person crew to live there starting in May.
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Kennedy Space Center
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NASA/Troy Cryder
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Viewed across the waters of the Banana River at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is secured on Launch Pad 39A. First motion was at 5:17 a.m. EST. Discovery was secured to the pad at 12:16 p.m. Discovery is targeted to launch to the International Space Station Feb. 12. During Discovery's 14-day mission, the crew will install the S6 truss segment and its solar arrays to the starboard side of the station, completing the station's backbone, or truss, enabling a six-person crew to live there starting in May.