Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery awaits its upcoming move to Launch Pad 39A. Technicians have completed the shuttle interface test, which checked Discovery’s connections to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters. Rollout preparations will be wrapped up on Monday, Sept. 20, with first motion from the assembly building scheduled for 8 p.m. EDT.
At NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, the STS-133 astronauts are involved in robotics refresher training today for thermal protection system survey operations.