NASA: Space Shuttle Discovery Moves Closer to Final Launch

Category Sci/Tech | Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Space shuttle Discovery rolled out from its hangar for the last time early Thursday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, beginning the first leg of its final mission into space.

The winged orbiter, the oldest of NASA’s space shuttle fleet, emerged from its maintenance hangar at 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 GMT) on its way to the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building. A water main break at the Florida spaceport on Wednesday forced NASA to delay the shuttle move by one day.

Once inside the cavernous 52-story building, Discovery will be attached to the twin solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank that will help launch it to the International Space Station on Nov. 1.

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