Space... the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Shuttle Discovery. Its mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before; Into Retirement.

"This is most likely Discovery's last rollout to the launch pad, so a very momentous occasion for us, but also a very emotional one for a lot of folks," the shuttle's vehicle flow manager Stephanie Stilson told SPACE.com. "There's a lot of excitement, but also a little bit of sadness over the fact that this will probably be the last one." | more