CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the members of space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 crew take time out from their training to pose for a group portrait in front of the crawler-transporter that delivered Discovery to Launch Pad 39A. From left are Commander Alan Poindexter; Pilot James P. Dutton Jr.; and Mission Specialists Clayton Anderson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson, Naoko Yamazaki of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Rick Mastracchio. The crew members of space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission are at Kennedy for training related t
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the members of space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 crew take time out from their training to pose for a group portrait in front of the crawler-transporter that delivered Discovery to Launch Pad 39A. From left are Commander Alan Poindexter; Pilot James P. Dutton Jr.; and Mission Specialists Clayton Anderson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson, Naoko Yamazaki of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Rick Mastracchio. The crew members of space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission are at Kennedy for training related to their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. The seven-member crew will deliver the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, filled with resupply stowage platforms and racks, to the International Space Station aboard Discovery. Targeted for launch on April 5, STS-131 will be the 33rd shuttle mission to the station and the 131st shuttle mission overall.
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