With nine days to go before liftoff of Discovery, teams at the Kennedy Space Center launch pad continued with their preparations, as technicians checked out spacewalking suits, called extravehicular mobility units. The suits were installed into Discovery yesterday.
Liftoff for space shuttle Discovery’s STS-133 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for February, 24 at 4:50 p.m. EST.
?At NASA’s Johnson Space Center, STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey and Pilot Eric Boe conducted shuttle training aircraft landing practice runs today at the White Sands Space Harbor, N.M. while their crewmates review systems manuals.?
On its final mission, Discovery will take the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2 (R2) to the International Space Station. Following the STS-133 mission, Discovery will be the first of the shuttle fleet to retire.
