Discovery is Ready to Return to Flight - July 13

[Guest Glenn]

Source: NASA

 

Shuttle managers met at Kennedy Space Center June 29 and 30 for the Flight Readiness Review and have decided Space Shuttle Discovery is ready to launch. At a press conference June 30 it was announced the Shuttle will Return to Flight on July 13 at 2:51 p.m. CDT (1951 GMT).

 

Space Shuttle Discovery sits at the launch pad with its cargo already installed in the payload bay. When it launches to the International Space Station, the Shuttle will take with it a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, a replacement control moment gyroscope and the orbiter boom sensor system, which will help the astronauts inspect the Shuttle's thermal tiles and panels.

 

The seven astronauts of the STS-114 mission will test new Shuttle safety procedures recommended by Columbia accident investigators and deliver much needed supplies to the Space Station.