Excellent link! Especially the windows media. The astronauts are getting on the bus to head to the shuttle now.
I'm starting to think that I wouldn't have the patience to be an astronaut. They go through a lot to sit in the shuttle and do it all over again the next day etc.
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1503 GMT (11:03 a.m. EDT)
The convoy has made the left turn from the crawlerway to head northward for pad 39B.
1500 GMT (11:00 a.m. EDT)
The AstroVan just passed the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building where Discovery was attached to its external tank and solid rocket boosters and the adjacent Launch Control Center. The Press Site is located across the street, and reporters have run outdoors to watch at the passing convoy. This is a launch day tradition to say farewell and good luck to the astronaut crews.
1449 GMT (10:49 a.m. EDT)
Waving small flags, commander Steve Lindsey and his six fellow crewmates just walked out of the Kennedy Space Center crew quarters to board the AstroVan for the 7-mile ride from the Industrial Area to launch pad 39B on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.