As planned, the shuttle Discovery's payload (the last set of solar arrays and ITS-S6 segment) arrived aboard the container on Sunday at about 8:30 at Kennedy Space Center. During the technicians today have focused on raising both solar panels and ITS-S6 segment in its container to the PCR (Payload Change-out Room). This work has already been completed. It is in this place where the payload of the mission to rest until there is the famous maneuver called Rollout''''whose launch is scheduled for 10:00 English on Wednesday. The estimated duration of Transfer Discovery is about 6 hours.
On the other hand, the shuttle assembly to the external fuel tank and two solid rocket acceleration was successfully completed this weekend.
Finally say that astronauts are at the Johnson Space Center, practicing with the shuttle flight simulator, possible critical situations that can give them during the mission to solve them without any problem.
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