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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Reflecting the early morning sun, Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the fixed service structure on Launch Pad 39A. In the foreground can be seen the stones that are the surface of the crawlerway and the tracks left by the crawler-transporter as it moves the Space Shuttle to its destination. Discovery is scheduled to launch Oct. 5 at 9:30 p.m. EDT on mission STS-92. Making the 100th Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Discovery will carry two pieces of hardware for the International Space Station, the Z1 truss, which is the cornerstone truss of the Station, and the third Pressurized Mating Adapter. Discovery also will be making its 28th flight into space, more than any of the other orbiters to date