CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a United Space Alliance technician prepares the right-hand orbital maneuvering system, or OMS, pod for removal 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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