Space shuttle Discovery moved to launch pad for May launch

Space shuttle Discovery moved to launch pad for May launch

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who is scheduled to be aboard the space shuttle Discovery, briefs reporters on gadgets attached to a space suit at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on April 6. The Discovery was transferred the same day to the launch pad from the vehicle assembly building in the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its planned launch in May. (Kyodo)

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