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leaving the vehicle assembly building at

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nasa's kennedy space center in florida

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discovery began its journey to launch

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pad 39a in the early morning darkness

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stacked with its solid rocket boosters

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and external fuel tank on the mobile

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launcher platform the shuttle began its

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slow roll to the pad atop a crawler

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transporter at about 2 a.m eastern time

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on august 4th

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the 3.4 mile trip to the seaside launch

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pad took approximately 12 hours

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technicians at the pad will install in

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discovery's cargo bay the

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sts-128 payload of equipment bound for

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the international space station as

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launch preparations continue throughout

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the next few weeks

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this will be discovery's 37th mission

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and the 30th mission of a space shuttle

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dedicated to the assembly and

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maintenance of the space station