Discovery fueled for Thursday launch

It's taken four months to get this far, but the space shuttle Discovery is finally set for launch this Thursday afternoon. The shuttle's 39th and last flight will take a cargo carrier to the International Space station. NASA says the weather forecast gives an 80 percent chance that the launch will - finally - go ahead as planned. All six astronauts for Discovery's final mission, STS-133, are now at the Kennedy Space Center for prelaunch preparations, and commander Steve Lindsey and pilot Eric Boe have been practicing landing approaches in a Gulfstream II jet modified to simulate a shuttle's cockpit, motion and handling qualities. More

(Source: TG Daily - Feb 23)