Spaceflight Now | STS-131 Shuttle Report | Discovery gets ready to meet fuel tank and boosters

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		Orbiter: Discovery Mission: STS-131 Payload: Leonardo Launch: April 5, 2010 Time: 6:21 a.m. EDT Site: Pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center Landing: April 20 @ 9:08 a.m. EDT Site: KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility Mission Status Center STS-131 Video Coverage High Definition Video Launch Windows Chart Countdown Timeline Master Flight Plan NASA TV (rev. O) Ascent Timeline STS-131 Mission Index

Discovery gets ready for tank and boosters

Hours after rolling into the Vehicle Assembly Building atop a 76-wheel transporter, the shuttle Discovery is hoisted into the air by a crane and sling. Discovery was next turned vertical before heading into the adjacent high bay for mating to the shuttle's fuel tank and boosters.

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

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