Crew Readies for Discovery’s Final Flight

Space Shuttle Discovery will blast off on its final mission, STS-133, currently scheduled for launch on Monday, November 1.

The 8-day flight will be Discovery’s 39th mission, the 133rd Space Shuttle flight and the 35th Shuttle visit to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission’s prime payloads are Utilization and Logistics Flight (ULF5), EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4), and the Permanent Multi-Purpose Module (PMM).

Serving as Commander for the mission and making his fifth flight is Steve Lindsey. He is joined by Pilot Eric Boe, and Mission Specialists Tim Kopra, Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott.

The STS-133 mission ends with landing back at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility currently scheduled for November 8.

For more information about STS-133, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts133/index.html

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