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Space Shuttle Discovery

The Launch's Final Preparations

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• July 13: The Space Shuttle Discovery sits on Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.
• July 12: The service gantry is rolled back from Space Shuttle Discovery at Cape Canaveral.
• July 12: A NASA worker is dwarfed by the tail of space shuttle Discovery as it waits on the pad.
• July 12: Stephanie Stillson points to where a window cover fell, damaging thermal tiles.
• July 12: Stephanie Stillson holds a carrier panel similar to the one damaged. It will not delay the launch.
• July 12: A NASA technician works on the vent arm atop the giant fuel tank, which holds 500,00 gallons of fuel.