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Discovery goes north
 Discovery's rollout enters the early evening as the shuttle heads north toward launch pad 39B. (6min 15sec file)
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Past one pad
 As viewed from the Vehicle Assembly Building, space shuttle Discovery rolls northward and past launch pad 39A in the background. (4min 23sec file)
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Crawlerway split
 The transporter reaches the point where the crawlerway splits into two paths to the Complex 39 pads and makes the turn for pad 39B. (7min 11sec file)
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Down the crawlerway
 Shuttle Discovery makes its way down the crawlerway under beautiful Florida skies. (5min 00sec file)
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Rollout of Discovery
 Space shuttle Discovery begins its 4.2-mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39B atop the Apollo-era crawler-transporter. (10min 30sec file)
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Discovery seen from space
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: April 6, 2005
International Space Station commander Leroy Chiao spotted Discovery from 225 miles above Earth today and snapped this photograph of the shuttle as it was being rolled from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39B. Credit: NASA, enhanced by William Harwood
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