CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the aft section on space shuttle Discovery is set to accept the installation of the right-hand orbital maneuvering system, or OMS, pod. Discovery and its crew will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, or PMM, which will carry supplies and critical spare parts on the STS-133 mission to the International Space Station. The module will be left behind so it can be used for microgravity experiments in fluid physics, materials science, biology and biotechnology. For more information go to www.nasa.gov_shuttle. Photo credit: NASA_Ben Smegelsky
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