CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, one of three main engines on space shuttle Discovery has been removed using a specially designed Hyster engine lift. Inspection and maintenance of each main engine is standard procedure following a shuttle mission. Discovery next will deliver NASA's Permanent Multi-purpose Module, or PMM, the Express Logistics Carrier 4, and critical spare parts to the International Space Station on the STS-133 mission. Launch is targeted for fall 2010. Photo credit: NASA_Cory Huston
Photographer NASA_Cory Huston
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