CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-133 crew members check out their mission's payload while at Launch Pad 39A for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). From left, are Pilot Eric Boe, and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, and Tim Kopra. Standing behind Kopra in a white "bunny suit" is a pad technician. Discovery and its STS-133 crew will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 4:40 p.m. EDT, Nov. 1. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date October 15, 2010