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February 24, 2011 03:08 pm PST
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-133: Ready for Launch
Video: STS-133 live coverage from SpaceFlightNow The space shuttle Discovery is set to launch today at 4:50pm EST, and there's an abundance of options for online coverage if, like me, you weren't able to make it out to the launch in person. Above, my friend Miles O'Brien's live coverage for SpaceFlightNow. Another option: NASA TV. You can start with this YouTube channel, and this video featuring an introduction by Mike Curie, NASA launch commentator. Below, the shuttle seen shortly after the Rotating Service Structure was rolled back at launch pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Discovery will be on its 39th and final flight, and will carry the Italian-built Permanent Multipurpose Module, Express Logistics Carrier 4 and Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space, to the International Space Station. You might also enjoy following these folks on Twitter on launch day, today: Robert Pearlman, whose live coverage journal is here; SpaceFlightNow; former Space Shuttle technician Jen Scheer; Space Operations Outreach Manager Beth Beck; The main NASA account and the NASA Goddard account; And the astronauts themselves: at the moment, the only one I could find on the 6-man STS-133 crew was Nicole Stott....
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