Discovery STS-133 crew addresses the media on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway after arriving aboard training jets.

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew addresses the media on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway after arriving aboard T-38 training jets. From left are Mission Specialists Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt, Tim Kopra and Alvin Drew, Pilot Eric Boe, and Commander Steve Lindsey. Flying high above the crew is an F-15, participating in an Air Force Week celebration at the center's Visitor Complex. In the days leading up to their launch to the International Space Station, the crew members will check the fit of their launch-and-entry suits, review launch-day procedures, receive weather briefings and remain medically quarantined to prevent sickness.

Scheduled to lift off Nov. 1 at 4:40 p.m., Discovery and crew will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. For more information on the STS-133 mission, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts133/. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller