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class="wp-caption-text">In an extremely rare media photo opportunity with Discovery poised at the top of Pad 39 A, the massive Rotating Service Structure (RSS, at left) had been retracted the day before my visit on March 19. I stood in absolute awe right beneath Discovery and the RSS and the just delivered payload canister. The enormous canister containing ?Leonardo? resupply module was hoisted by crane and attached to the RSS. Credit: Ken Kremer
href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/space/" class="alinks_links" title="" rel="external">Space Center (KSC) in Florida, the countdown clock is ticking towards blast off for the STS 131 assembly mission of Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station. Discovery is slated to lift off on Monday, April 5 at 6:21 AM.
Mike Moses, chairman of NASA's Mission Management Team at KSC announced a ?Unanimous Go for Launch? at the KSC pre-launch news briefing today, April 3. ?This is one of the most heavily packed shuttle missions with science equipment and will position the ISS very well for science in the future?
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