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the sts-131 crew arrived at the kennedy

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space center on monday march 1st for a

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week of standard pre-launch training and

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a full dress launch rehearsal known as

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the terminal countdown demonstration

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test now we're really looking forward to

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our uh

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our tcdt

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uh here uh this week we're looking

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forward to seeing discovery roll out to

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the pad later in the week as well it's a

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great great uh time to be in florida

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and uh we've been training real hard and

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we're just real proud of the folks down

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here and all the hard work they did

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getting uh getting ov 103 ready for

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flight spatial discovery will carry the

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crew and a multi-purpose logistics

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module filled with science racks to the

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international space station

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the racks will be installed in the

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laboratories aboard the station

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the mission has three planned spacewalks

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with work to include replacing an

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ammonia tank assembly retrieving a

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japanese experiment from the station's

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exterior and switching out a rate gyro

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assembly on the so segment of the

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station's truss structure

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the sts-131 crew is scheduled to launch

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to the international space station on

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april 5th aboard space shuttle discovery

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at the helm will be commander alan

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poindexter the pilot is jim dutton and

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mission specialists include rick

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mastracchio clay anderson dorothy

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metcalf lindenberger stephanie wilson