Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:17:26 -0500
Technicians at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A continue to prepare space shuttle Discovery for its STS-133 launch targeted for Nov. 1. A test of the external fuel tank's camera is complete, and hypergolic propellant servicing is coming up this week. The hypergolic system handles propellants that instantly burn when they come in contact with each other. The chemicals, which have to be handled very carefully, are used in the shuttle's steering thrusters in space.
Today at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the STS-133 astronauts are reviewing flight dynamics documents and spacewalk procedures.
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