The Space Shuttle *Discovery *waits on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its final trip into space in this image captured by the GeoEye-1 satellite yesterday. The launch will mark Discovery's 39th journey, and NASA's 133rd shuttle mission overall. One final space shuttle launch is scheduled for Feb. 27, 2011, before NASA retires the shuttle fleet for good.
Discovery is scheduled to take off at 3:52 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Nov. 3, but the Chicago Tribune reports an electrical glitch may push the launch back to Thursday or later.
Update: Discovery's launch has been delayed to 3:29 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Nov. 4.
Image: GeoEye
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