NASA's Kennedy Space Center get hands on experience with some of the equipment that will used on the mission.

During a crew equipment interface test in the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery's STS-124 crew members get hands-on experience with some of the equipment that will used on the mission. From left are Mission Specialists Ronald Garan and Michael Fossum and Pilot Kenneth Ham. Discovery will transport the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module - Pressurized Module (JEM-PM) and the Japanese Remote Manipulator System (JEM-RMS) to the International Space Station to complete the Kibo laboratory. The launch of Discovery is targeted for April 24. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett