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<h3>Discovery's Payload Installed</h3> At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-133 payload is moved from the rotating service structure on Launch Pad 39A to space shuttle Discovery's payload bay.

Discovery and its STS-133 crew will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station.

 

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<h3>Payload to Pad</h3> At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-133 payload canister is lifted into the rotating service structure on Launch Pad 39A. After the structure is closed around space shuttle Discovery, the canister's contents will be transferred into the shuttle's payload bay

 

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<h3>Discovery's Payload Installed</h3> At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-133 payload is moved from the rotating service structure on Launch Pad 39A to space shuttle Discovery's payload bay.

 

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<h3>Discovery's Payload Readied</h3> In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians connect an overhead crane to the Permanent Multipurpose Module for its transfer into a payload canister

 

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<h3>Discovery at the Pad</h3> At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is visible on Launch Pad 39A and a sign supporting the vehicle hangs on the pad perimeter gate. Later, the rotating service structure that protects the shuttle from the elements will be moved into place. It took the spacecraft about six hours to make the journey, known as "rollout," from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad.

 

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<h3>Discovery at the Pad</h3> At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is visible on Launch Pad 39A before the rotating service structure, which protects it from the elements and provides access to the shuttle, is moved into place. It took the spacecraft about six hours to make the journey, known as "rollout," from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the pad.

 

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<h3>Discovery Hovers Over Boosters and Tank</h3> In High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building a large yellow, metal sling lowers shuttle Discovery to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters.

 

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<h3>Going Down!</h3> In High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a metal sling lowers shuttle Discovery to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters.

The lift and mate operation began Sept. 9 and wrapped up early Sept. 10.

Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
Sept. 10, 2010