The crew of space shuttle gathers on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

The crew of space shuttle Discovery's STS-124 mission gathers on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after their arrival aboard T-38 jet trainers to prepare for launch. From left are Mission Specialist Gregory Chamitoff, Commander Mark Kelly, Mission Specialists Ron Garan, Mike Fossum and Karen Nyberg, Pilot Ken Ham and Mission Specialist Akihiko Hoshide, who represents the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Launch of Discovery is scheduled for 5:02 p.m. May 31. On the STS-124 mission, the crew of seven will deliver and install the Japanese Experiment Module – Pressurized Module and Japanese Remote Manipulator System. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett