CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance technicians prepare to remove the right-hand orbital maneuvering system, or OMS, pod from Discovery. Removal of the OMS pods is part of the orbiter processing activities to prepare Discovery for its next launch, the STS-133 mission. The STS-133 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for launch in the fall of 2010. Discovery’s six-person crew will take important spare parts to the International Space Station along with the Express Logistics Carrier 4. Photo credit: NASA_Jack Pfaller
Photographer NASA_Jack Pfaller
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