SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 :

Sept. 26, 2007

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov

George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Saturday, Sept. 29, as preparations for the STS-120 mission move forward. Discovery is targeted to lift off Oct. 23 on a 14-day mission to the International Space Station.

The first motion of the shuttle out of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building is planned at 8 p.m. EDT. The 3.4-mile journey to the launch pad is expected to take about six hours.

NASA Television will provide a live picture of Discovery at the launch pad beginning at 7 a.m. Sunday. Video highlights of the rollout will air on NASA TV's Video File segments.

The STS-120 mission will add a module to the space station that will serve as a port for installing additional international laboratories. The Harmony module will be the first expansion of the living and working space on the orbiting laboratory since 2001. The upcoming mission also will move the first set of solar arrays installed on the station to a permanent location on the complex and redeploy them.

For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about the STS-120 mission and crew, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

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