NASA rolls shuttle Discovery to launch pad

Shuttle Discovery rolled out to its Kennedy Space Center launch pad today, marking the start of a final push to the planned Oct. 23 launch of an International Space Station assembly mission.

The schedule, however, is extremely tight. NASA has but two days day of leeway, so any significant technical problems could force the agency to readjust the launch schedule.

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