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Shuttle Crew Arrives For Dress Rehearsal

Space Shuttle Discovery sits on Launch Pad 39B after the 4.2-mile rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA.
by Staff Writers
 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 14, 2006
 The seven-member crew of Space Shuttle Discovery is set to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this afternoon, beginning a final round of prelaunch training. During the four-day terminal countdown demonstration test, the astronauts will be fitted for their orange launch and entry suits, practice an emergency egress from the launch pad, and drive the M-113 armored personnel carrier. The training schedule is highlighted by a launch dress rehearsal in which the fully suited crew participates in a simulated countdown.

Space Shuttle Discovery arrived at Launch Pad 39B on Nov. 9 following an overnight move from the Vehicle Assembly Building. The P5 integrated truss segment and SPACEHAB module were installed in the orbiter's payload bay on Saturday.

The STS-116 mission is the 20th to the International Space Station and construction flight 12A.1. The launch window opens Dec. 7.

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Discovery Rolls Out To Launch Pad 39B
 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 10, 2006
 At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Space Shuttle Discovery has arrived at Launch Pad 39B following an overnight move from the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building. Perched atop the mobile launcher platform and carried by a massive crawler transporter, the shuttle assembly began the 4.2-mile journey at 12:29 a.m. EST and was officially in place at the pad at 9:03 a.m.
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