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Discovery Rolls Back from Pad Space Shuttle Discovery is back in Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building after a nine-hour journey from Launch Pad 39B. The 4.2-mile trip began at 6:44 a.m. EDT Thursday morning.Orbiter Discovery will soon be removed from its External Tank (ET) and lowered into the transfer aisle. On or about June 7, Discovery will be lifted and attached to its new ET and Solid Rocket Boosters. The new tank, known as ET-121, was originally slated to fly with Atlantis on mission STS-121, but will now help carry Discovery into space. Discovery is expected to roll back out to the pad in mid-June.
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