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Pad gantry retracted from around Discovery
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: February 23, 2011

The rotating service structure at launch pad 39A retracted to reveal space shuttle Discovery around 8 p.m. EST Wednesday as the space plane prepared for its last-ever launch.

Spaceflight Now photos by Stephen Clark

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