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 goes vertical inside VAB

A heavy-lifting crane rotates the shuttle Discovery vertical Monday night, the next step in the procedure to move the orbiter from the Vehicle Assembly Building floor to a room next door containing the external tank and solid rocket boosters.

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

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