Space Shuttle Discovery sits ready on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.

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24 August 2009

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Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA

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August 24, 2009 - Space Shuttle Discovery is poised for liftoff on the STS-128 mission from pad 39a at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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Space Shuttle Discovery sits ready on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.

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