After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-124 mission.
Discovery is targeted to launch May 31 on a 13-day mission to the International Space Station.
The shuttle's seven crew members will deliver the 32,500-pound Japanese Pressurized Module, or JPM called the Kibo Laboratory, and its remote manipulator system to the International Space Station. Three spacewalks will be conducted during the flight.
The Module will the International Space Station's largest room.
Mark Kelly will command the STS-124 mission. Ken Ham will be the pilot. The mission specialists are Karen Nyberg, Ron Garan, Mike Fossum, Greg Chamitoff and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
Chamitoff will remain on the station as a resident crew member, replacing station Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman, who will return home on Discovery.
STS-124 is the 123rd shuttle flight, the 35th flight for Discovery and the 26th flight to the station.
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