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NASA prepares Discovery for launch in Florida

The crew of STS-124, Space Shuttle Discovery's mission to the International Space Station, led by Commander Mark Kelly, walks to the van en route to launch on pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 31, 2008. NASA is preparing to launch Discovery around 5:02pm today. From left are Mark Ham Ron Garan, Kelly, Karen Nyberg and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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