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\h        The crew of space shuttle Discovery's STS-124 mission arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in

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\h        Florida to take part in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test on May 6.

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\h        Space Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach and Discovery's Flow Director Stephanie Stilson

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\h        warmly greeted the astronauts at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility.

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\h        Commander Mark Kelly leads the crew that includes Pilot Ken Ham,

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\h        Mission Specialists Karen Nyberg, Mike Fossum, Greg Chamitoff, Ron Garan

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\h        and Japanese astronaut, Aki Hoshide.

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\h        The crew paused briefly to speak to the media.

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\h        COMMANDER MARK KELLY: "But it's great to see the vehicle at the pad.

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\h        The folks here at KSC work really, really hard for many months

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\h        to get the space shuttle ready for launch.

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\h        During the three days of training, Kelly and Ham made several flights in the Shuttle Training Aircraft

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\h        to simulate shuttle landings on the 3-mile-long runway the orbiters' land on when

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\h        returning from space.

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\h        Emergency exit training at the launch pad included practice driving the M-113

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\h        armored personnel carriers, developed to help them leave the area quickly and safely

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\h        in the unlikely event of an emergency.

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\h        On the agenda was a trip to the 195-foot level of launch pad 39A for briefings at the slidewire baskets

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\h        and in the safety bunker that are both part of the pad's emergency exit system.

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\h        Later, outfitted in clean-room bunny suits, the crew inspected Discovery's cargo,

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\h        the Japanese Kibo Laboratory Pressurized Module, stowed securely inside its payload bay.

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\h        On the final day at Kennedy, the astronauts suited up in their custom-fitted orange flight gear

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\h        for a full launch dress rehearsal.

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\h        Riding in NASA's silver Astrovan, they arrived at the pad's White Room and climbed into the orbiter.

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\h        There the crew took part in a simulated launch countdown that took them to the moment

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\h        just before liftoff.

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\h        The final exercise included a mock launch pad emergency exit by jumping into the slidewire baskets.