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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS-124 mission payload, the Japanese Experiment Module - Pressurized Module, is being transferred from the Payload Changeout Room into space shuttle Discovery's payload bay. At top is the orbital docking system inside the payload bay. At the bottom is the Japanese Remote Manipulator System. Not visible is the pressurized module. Launch of Discovery is targeted for May 31. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann