CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-124 Pilot Ken Ham talks with suit technicians after donning a harness over his launch and entry suit. Behind him is the hatch for entry into space shuttle Discovery. The STS-124 mission is the 26th in the assembly of the space station. It is the second of three flights launching components to complete the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. The shuttle crew will install Kibo's large Japanese Pressurized Module and its remote manipulator system, or RMS. The 14-day flight includes three spacewalks. Photo credit: NASA/Scott Haun, Tom Farrar, Kevin O'Connell
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date May 31, 2008