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Discovery Returns to the Launch Pad

Xenon lights illuminate space shuttle Discovery as it rolls from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Xenon lights illuminate space shuttle Discovery as it rolls from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the second rollout for Discovery prior to the STS-133 mission, and followed modifications to the shuttle's external tank.

Xenon lights illuminate space shuttle Discovery as it rolls from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the second rollout for Discovery prior to the STS-133 mission, and followed modifications to the shuttle’s external tank.
Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Jan. 31, 2011