KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, preparations are under way to close the payload bay doors of Discovery for the rollover of the orbiter to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Seen along the edges of the bay are the Canadian-built shuttle robotic arm and orbiter boom sensor system. The primary payload, the U.S. Node 2, which is named Harmony, will be installed in the payload bay at the pad prior to Discovery's liftoff on mission STS-120. The mission will be the 23rd flight for the assembly of the International Space Station. Space Shuttle Discovery is targeted for launch on Oct. 23. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date August 31, 2007