Space shuttle Discovery fuels for predawn launch
The Associated Press | Mon, 04/05/2010 9:30 AM
NASA is fueling space shuttle
Discovery for a Monday morning launch.
Discovery is scheduled to blast off at 6:21 a.m. EDT, nearly an
hour before sunrise. The shuttle and its crew of seven will deliver
spare parts and science experiments to the International Space
Station.
Forecasters say the odds of good weather are 80 percent.
The launch team reported to duty Sunday night. After running some
tests to check out a voltage spike on a fuel cell, controllers began
filling Discovery's external fuel tank.
This is one of four remaining shuttle flights. NASA plans to end
the program this fall.
The space station received three new residents Sunday - one
American and two Russians. They wished everyone a happy Easter after
their Russian spacecraft docked.
