CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a worker checks the tread on the crawler-transporter as it carries space shuttle Endeavour to Launch Pad 39A. The journey was slower than usual as technicians stopped several times to clear mud from the crawler's treads and bearings caused by the waterlogged crawlerway. First motion out of the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 2:07 EDT Aug. 4. Rollout was delayed approximately 2 hours due to lightning in the area. Discovery's 13-day flight will deliver a new crew member and 33,000 pounds of equipment to the In
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a worker checks the tread on the crawler-transporter as it carries space shuttle Endeavour to Launch Pad 39A. The journey was slower than usual as technicians stopped several times to clear mud from the crawler's treads and bearings caused by the waterlogged crawlerway. First motion out of the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 2:07 EDT Aug. 4. Rollout was delayed approximately 2 hours due to lightning in the area. Discovery's 13-day flight will deliver a new crew member and 33,000 pounds of equipment to the International Space Station. The equipment includes science and storage racks, a freezer to store research samples, a new sleeping compartment and the COLBERT treadmill. Launch of Discovery on its STS-128 mission is targeted for late August.
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