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Discovery rolls out to launch pad again
BY JUSTIN RAY
SPACEFLIGHT NOW

Posted: January 31, 2011


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With the external tank repaired and strengthened, the space shuttle Discovery re-emerges from the Vehicle Assembly Building and returns to launch pad 39A for a final pre-retirement mission to the International Space Station. Rollout began at 7:58 p.m. EST on January 31.

Spaceflight Now photos by Justin Ray


















Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now