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You're watching NASA Direct. Next on the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report: With the launch of Discovery less than one month away, pad crews load the space shuttle with prelaunch fuels and prepare for astronaut arrival. Atlantis has new engines and a new window, and in the Vehicle Assembly Building, a new, stacked set of boosters is being made ready. And, Endeavour receives new hardware for its future flight to the International Space Station. The NASA Space Shuttle Status Report starts right now_ Music. I'm Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA test director, and this is the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report. At Launch Pad 39B, technicians are preparing Space Shuttle Discovery for this summer's launch to the International Space Station. The team has completed prelaunch loading of the orbiter's hypergolic propellant. Testing of the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo has been conducted. Leonardo, one of Discovery's primary payloads, will carry equipment and supplies to the space station, and then be returned to Earth in Discovery's cargo bay. The seven-member astronaut crew is slated to participate in a countdown dress rehearsal, practicing pad egress and other procedures, prior to Discovery's liftoff. Space Shuttle Atlantis will be next to fly. In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, technicians installed main engine No.3 and replaced orbiter window No.2. Solid rocket booster stacking for STS-115, Atlantis' next flight, has begun, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. Testing continues on Endeavour in Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2. Technicians are currently performing tests and checkouts of the pedestals that support the orbiter boom sensor system inside the payload bay. The system will be used to conduct in-flight inspections of the orbiter's exterior during its mission. That's all the time we have for this week's Space Shuttle Status Report, your inside look at NASA's three space shuttles as they prepare for flight_ Until our next report, stay with NASA TV and nasa.gov for the latest in mission news. For the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report, I'm Charlie Blackwell-Thompson.