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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 39B, lights on the Rotating Service Structure brighten the night as the payload canister carrying payloads that will launch aboard Space Shuttle Discovery's Return to Flight mission STS-114 is moved into position. The canister will be lifted up to the Payload Changeout Room where the STS-114 payloads will be removed. Discovery’s payloads include the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello, the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC), and the External Stowage Platform-2 (ESP-2). Raffaello will deliver supplies to the International Space Station including food, clothing and research equipment. The LMC will carry a replacement Control Moment Gyroscope and a tile repair sample box. The ESP-2 is outfitted with replacement parts. Discovery’s launch window extends from July 13 through July 31.