Space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida Thursday morning, touching down on the Shuttle Landing Facility's runway at 6:53 a.m. EDT in a Gulfstream II jet.
Credit: NASA/Jim Grossman
In brief remarks, commander Alan Poindexter said that the crew is very happy to be at Kennedy, adding, "We had a short flyby of the pad and saw the good ship Discovery out there and it looks great and we're ready to go."
As crews at Pad 39A continue Discovery's final preparations for flight, at 3 a.m. tomorrow, the countdown clock is set to begin ticking down toward a 6:21 a.m. liftoff on Monday.