
Space Shuttle Discovery is lifted into the vertical position inside of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. 09 September 2010. This is pre-position to being mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for rollout and launch. Shuttle discovery is scheduled to rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad 39-A 21 September 2010 in for its final launch to the International Space Station 01 November 2010. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

NASA engineers prepare Space Shuttle Discovery by attaching to a heavy lift crane before being lifted into the vertical position inside of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. 09 September 2010. This is pre-position to being mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for rollout and launch. Shuttle discovery is scheduled to rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad 39-A 21 September 2010 in for its final launch to the International Space Station 01 November 2010. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

Space Shuttle Discovery is attached to a heavy lift crane before being lifted into the vertical position in side of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 09 September 2010. This is pre-position to being mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for rollout and launch. Shuttle discovery is scheduled to rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad 39-A 21 September 2010 in for its final launch to the International Space Station 01 November 2010. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

Space Shuttle Discovery off of the transporter and is attached to a heavy lift crane as it is lifted into the vertical position in side of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 09 September 2010. This is pre-position to being mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for rollout and launch. Shuttle discovery is scheduled to rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad 39-A 21 September 2010 in for its final launch to the International Space Station 01 November 2010. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

NASA engineers prepare Space Shuttle Discovery by attaching to a heavy lift crane before being lifted into the vertical position inside of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. 09 September 2010. This is pre-position to being mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for rollout and launch. Shuttle discovery is scheduled to rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad 39-A 21 September 2010 in for its final launch to the International Space Station 01 November 2010. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

Space Shuttle Discovery off of the transporter and is attached to a heavy lift crane as it is lifted into the vertical position in side of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. 09 September 2010. This is pre-position to being mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for rollout and launch. Shuttle discovery is scheduled to rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad 39-A 21 September 2010 in for its final launch to the International Space Station 01 November 2010. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

The underside of Space Shuttle Discovery is viewed as it is lifted into the vertical position inside of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 09 September 2010. This is pre-position to being mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for rollout and launch. Shuttle discovery is scheduled to rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad 39-A 21 September 2010 in for its final launch to the International Space Station 01 November 2010. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

NASA engineers prepare Space Shuttle Discovery by attaching to a heavy lift crane before being lifted into the vertical position inside of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 09 September 2010. This is pre-position to being mated to the external tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for rollout and launch. Shuttle discovery is scheduled to rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad 39-A 21 September 2010 in for its final launch to the International Space Station 01 November 2010. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN