Final Space Shuttle Discovery Crew Arrives at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for STS-133 Launch

The six astronauts for the next space shuttle mission arrived at the shuttle landing facility at 3:32 p.m. EST on Feb. 20 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for their prelaunch preparations. Liftoff of shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission to the International Space Station is scheduled for 4:50 p.m. on Feb. 24. Discovery's crew members are Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott. Crew members made brief comments to media upon arrival. This is Discovery's last scheduled mission before the Space Shuttle Program retires this year.

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[robdotcom71]

What an awesome way to arrive at work... beats the bloody bus any old day...

[zeuschild1]

And now thks to current administration this is just about the end of US manned space exploration! We will be on the outside looking in while other countries take the giant leaps!

[123bakerboii]

Nasa is ignoring all qeustions about planet x and if no one else has the brain to get the word out I will.everyone should know

[thegreeensky]

wow that plane looks awesome... nice video....

[HondaMaven]

To all of those who so "suddenly" wonder why the space shuttle is going to be no more: Back in around 2002, a guy named GW Bush (who obviously had better uses(wars etc) for the money spent on the space shuttle),ostensibly tried to find ways to reduce the cost of STS operations. About a year later, he got golden opportunity to eliminate the program. So he (again) ostensibly ordered the program replaced with another program. Unfortunately, he purposely underfunded it--dooming it failure.

[DavidEdwardSchnell]

@boxa888

cant??? what is "cant"??? You wanta say KANT??? YA?!

[ubcboy621]

@zeuschild1 To Zeus; need to go back and get your facts straight, it is not current administration that started this, it was the last Bush that was in office. He sunk the US space program. Why? Because he never had any ambition to do anything but what he could do for himself.

[ubcboy621]

To Zeus; need to go back and get your facts straight, it is not current administration that started this, it was the last Bush that was in office. He sunk the US space program. Why? Because he never had any ambition to do anything but what he could do for himself.

[HondaMaven]

The space shuttle program has been a real treat as the nation enters its twilight years. Of course man will continue to explore the heavens-- unfortunately since America choose to spend it money on useless wars and trinkets, we will not be part of that future. Of course I wish I was wrong, but when a significant part of our population is so undereducated as to truly believe that the budget deficient was caused by NASA-- then it is what it is.

[MrMeadfoot]

Typical !......you wait on a jet....then 6 appear all at once....pfttt !

[bond2010]

T-38...what a awesome bird!

[HowardBile]

In 1985 Columbia South Carolina Airport I remember seeing a T-38 with a symbol painted on the side Top Hat upside down with Uncle Sam colours....never forget and that was a pilot on the Challenger

[HowardBile]

T-38 my fav

[kingangis999]

@zeuschild1 No we wont be doing manned space exploration because Bush spent all of are money before Obama got in office, they where going to have to cut more manned missions way before Obama came around ... It is not free to go into space bush liked war alot more then people in space blame him not Obama !!!

[boxa888]

@DavidEdwardSchnell it should have never happened in the first place! its just sad that we came all this way and really cut the nasa program while china keeps on strong and making there own space program, to go to the moon and beyond, it should be our road, but ohh well, 10 percent is still huge! we got no rights anymore, they spend and the tax payer cant change a thing anymore, the space program atleast kept the dream alive, but thats gonna be cut now. :( thank you nasa for all ur hard work!

[DavidEdwardSchnell]

@boxa888

you know nothing about finance. China owning 10% of treasury bills does not translate into them controlling one red cent of tax dollars. All it means is that we are obliged to pay back the Chinese for the investment they made in our stable, strong and black future!

[isaflores09]

This is not the last space shuttle launch...it is just the last launch for this particular shuttle!

[TheLifePerfect]

What ever happend with the foward swept wing fighter they were developing, that thing was amazing to fly.

[superwow2000]

@idiotkrati chicka chicka china

[michulecalan]

I WANT THIS JOB!!!!!!

[idiotkrati]

US is loosing a lot of power with this being the last space shuttle and the economy going down. I believe in the next 10 ti 20 years some new country will take over the status as leading world power in every aspects of the word.

[SuperDave619]

@zeuschild1 Yep. Giving the Russians more bragging rights. Well, I don't mind that. I sure hope the Americans vote for the next president and hope to hell that the new one will reinstate NASA programs otherwise USA will be slowly falling behind.

[Kevinski1997]

@zeuschild1 Yes! Thanks a lot, Obama!

[navysealblackwater]

I love that old retro Airstream RV that NASA has had, seemingly since the beginning of the space program.

[zeuschild1]

@calzagheisthebest Tyrannobeast is right. I'm not saying we should be the only ones, but I don't want to see us left out. The bitterness is toward those who left the shuttle program die without another shuttle system in the wings! And now Obama has killed any plans of such!

[donnyab]

@boxa888

american freedom ?.......titter

[donnyab]

@zeuschild1

Space Shuttle was always waaaay too expensive.