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NASA: Discovery's crew at Kennedy Space Center

Cape Canaveral, USA - For pre-launch activities

NASA has announced on its website that all six astronauts that are going to leave for the STS-133, the 39th and last mission of the space shuttle "Discovery", arrived yesterday at 3:45 PM EST at Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. They are: pilot Eric Boe, Commander Steve Lindsey and mission specialists Michael Barratt, Alvin Drew, Nicole Stott and Steve...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1126031
Rome, Italy, 02/21/2011 11:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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