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Launch crews at the Kennedy Space Center are preparing the space shuttle Discovery for fueling, which is set to begin around noon.
Overnight, NASA backed a tower of steel platforms away from the spaceship. Earlier this morning, they activated the orbiter's fuel cells and recently got a weather update ahead of a late-morning meeting to decide whether to fuel Discovery.
Weather is expected to be near perfect tonight for a scheduled 9:20 p.m. liftoff of the space shuttle and seven astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station.
Barring unexpected problems, the crews should get clearance to start loading more than 500,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into Discovery's 15-story external tank. The fuel-loading operation usually takes three hours to complete.
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Beginning at 4 p.m., a player will appear featuring our live webcast.
Click here for a detailed schedule of the broadcast.
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