Summary

Description	Next, on the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report: Space Shuttle Discovery makes a much-anticipated return to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Plus, Discovery's payloads stand ready for flight. And the third Return to Flight External Tank is on its way to Kennedy Space Center. The Space Shuttle Status Report and the countdown to the opening of Space Shuttle Discovery's July launch window starts right now_ After two years on the ground, the opening of the launch window for a safe return to flight of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery is now just weeks away. I’m Brian Meade, NASA test director, and this is the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report. Topping NASA Space Shuttle news this week: the return of Discovery to Launch Pad 39B. On June 15, the giant Shuttle Crawler Transporter began its trip, carrying Discovery out of the Vehicle Assembly Building, down the more than four-mile crawlerway to the launch pad. Discovery, now equipped with its replacement External T
Date	2005-06-17
Source	images.nasa.gov

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