Astronauts board shuttle for launch rehearsal (Reuters)

The crew of space shuttle Discovery, clockwise from front left,  pilot Tony Antonelli, mission specialist's Steve Swanson and mission specialist John Phillips, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist's Richard Arnold, Joseph Acaba and commander Lee Archambault, leave the Operations and Checkout Building during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a dress rehearsal for the next mission, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. Discovery is scheduled for a Feb. 12 launch. (AP Photo/John Raoux)Reuters - Seven astronauts due to blast off next month to work on the International Space Station climbed inside their spaceship on Wednesday for a dress rehearsal for launch.


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