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Space shuttle Discovery ready for launch

Cape Canaveral, USA - Lift off scheduled for tomorrow morning

Space shuttle Discovery is ready for lift off towards the International Space Station (ISS), carrying the seven crewmembers of mission STS-128. The launch is scheduled for tomorrow at 1:36 am EDT from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery's external tank will be filled with 500,000 gallons of super-cold liquid oxygen and hydrogen. All systems aboard the shuttle are functioning...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1108474
Rome, Italy, 08/24/2009 18:08
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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