In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the joining of space shuttle Discovery, its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters continues over the weekend. Discovery's 3.4-mile journey to Kennedy's Launch Pad 39A is scheduled to begin 4 a.m. EST Jan. 14. The trip will take approximately six hours. STS-119's mission payload, which includes the S6 truss segment and U.S. solar arrays, has been packed into a transport canister and is set for delivery. (source: nasa.gov)
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