The crew who will man the STS-124 Discovery space shuttle in its mission to the International Space Station on May 31, arrived at Florida's Kennedy Space Centre yesterday for a three-day prelaunch training event.
The STS-124 crew lines up on the runway after arriving at NASA\'s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are Expedition 17 Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff, Pilot Ken Ham, Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg, Commander Mark Kelly, and Mission Specialists Ron Garan, Michael Fossum and Akihiko Hoshide, who represents the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
"We went over the launch pad to take a quick look. It's great to see the vehicle at the pad," said Commander Mark Kelly.
Impressed by Florida's fine weather, Mission Specialist Ron Garan said to reporters from the tarmac, "We just need to have this same weather when we launch on the 31st of May."
The mission will include the delivery of the next section of the Japanese "Kibo" space lab and its robotic arm system, which Hoshide said he was, "looking forward to seeing...in the payload bay."
The Discovery space shuttle was rolled out to the launch pad on May 3.
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