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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-124 Pilot Kenneth Ham takes a close look at the wing leading edge on space shuttle Discovery. Members of the crew are at Kennedy for a crew equipment interface test. On the mission, Discovery will transport the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module - Pressurized Module (JEM-PM) and the Japanese Remote Manipulator System (JEM-RMS) to the International Space Station to complete the Kibo laboratory. The launch of Discovery is targeted for April 24. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett