The launch team at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will simulate a shuttle countdown today as preparations continue for the STS-133 mission, targeted to launch Nov. 1. While the countdown practice moves ahead, technicians processing space shuttle Discovery for the mission are continuing their work on the main engine heat shields and will install the right-side pod of the Orbital Maneuvering System.
At NASA’s Johnson Space Center, the STS-133 astronauts are practicing rendezvous techniques today.