At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery will be moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A, with first motion scheduled for 8 p.m. EST.
Meanwhile, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, the STS-133 crew is in the virtual reality lab today rehearsing robotic techniques that will be conducted during the second spacewalk by Mission Specialists Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew.
Discovery and its six astronauts are targeted to launch on the STS-133 mission to the International Space Station on Feb. 24.