Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are focusing on the crew module of space shuttle Discovery today as they set up leak checks as part of the standard launch processing. The testing is scheduled to start tomorrow. The workers also pulled samples from Discovery’s Freon coolant loops that remove heat from equipment during a mission. Discovery is targeted for launch Nov. 1 on the STS-133 mission to the International Space Station.
The STS-133 astronauts are involved in spacewalk protocol training and administrative work today.