NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery To Move To Launch Pad Wednesday

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Jan. 8, 2009

Candrea Thomas
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 
321-867-2468
candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov 

John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov

RELEASE: M09-003

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD WEDNESDAY

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll 
out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, 
Jan. 14, as preparations for the STS-119 mission move forward. 
Discovery is targeted to lift off Feb. 12 to the International Space 
Station.

The first motion of the shuttle out of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly 
Building is scheduled for 4 a.m. EST. The fully assembled space 
shuttle, consisting of the orbiter, external fuel tank and twin solid 
rocket boosters, was mounted on a mobile launcher platform. It will 
be delivered to the pad atop a crawler transporter that will travel 
slower than 1 mph during the 3.4-mile journey. The process is 
expected to take approximately six hours.

NASA Television will provide live coverage of Discovery's rollout to 
the launch pad beginning at 6:30 a.m. Video highlights of the rollout 
will air on NASA TV's Video File.

News media are invited to photograph the shuttle's move to the pad and 
interview Discovery Flow Director Stephanie Stilson at 8:30 a.m., 
Wednesday. Dates and times of this event are subject to change. 
Updates are available by calling 321-867-2525.

News media must arrive at Kennedy's news center by 6 a.m., Wednesday, 
for transportation to the viewing area. Foreign news media 
accreditation for the event is closed. Foreign media with credentials 
must arrive at the Pass and ID Building on State Road 3 by 6 a.m. for 
transportation to the news center.

U.S. media without permanent Kennedy Space Center credentials must 
apply for accreditation online by 4 p.m., Monday, Jan. 12, at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov  

News media must pick up badges by 4 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the new 
Kennedy Badging Office on State Road 405, west of Gate 3, just past 
the Kennedy Visitor Complex.

During Discovery's 14-day mission, the crew will install the S6 truss 
segment and its solar arrays to the starboard side of the station, 
completing the station's backbone, or truss. Discovery's crew members 
are Commander Lee Archambault, Pilot Tony Antonelli and Mission 
Specialists Joseph Acaba, Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold, John 
Phillips and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi 
Wakata.

For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming 
video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For more information about the STS-119 mission and crew, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle  

	
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