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Preparations begin to install the space shuttle main engine in shuttle Discovery for the shuttle's mission to the International Space Station.

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations begin to install the newly arrived space shuttle main engine in shuttle Discovery for the shuttle's STS-131 mission to the International Space Station.

The seven-member STS-131 crew will deliver a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module filled with resupply stowage platforms and racks to be transferred to locations around the station. Three spacewalks will include work to attach a spare ammonia tank assembly to the station's exterior and return a European experiment from outside the station's Columbus module. Discovery's launch, targeted for March 18, 2010, will initiate the 33rd shuttle mission to the station. For information on the STS-131 mission and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts131/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller

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  • Title: Preparations begin to install the space shuttle main engine in shuttle Discovery for the shuttle's mission to the International Space Station.
  • Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
  • About Title: To help you find images you’re searching for, previously untitled images have been labelled automatically based on their description

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