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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the dark before dawn, the payload canister carrying payloads that will launch aboard Space Shuttle Discovery's Return to Flight mission STS-114 rolls toward Launch Pad 39B. There, it will be lifted up alongside the Rotating Service Structure to the Payload Changeout Room where the payloads will be removed. Discovery’s payloads include the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello, the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC), and the External Stowage Platform-2 (ESP-2). Raffaello will deliver supplies to the International Space Station including food, clothing and research equipment. The LMC will carry a replacement Control Moment Gyroscope and a tile repair sample box. The ESP-2 is outfitted with replacement parts. Discovery’s launch window extends from July 13 through July 31.