NASA Prepares For Launch Of Space Shuttle Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - JULY 26: Space Shuttle Discovery astronaut Soichi Noguchi, of the Japanese space agency JAXA, waves to NASA workers before being loaded into the astronaut van to be driven to launch complex 39-B at Kennedy Space Center July 26, 2005, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery is scheduled for launch July 26 and will be the first shuttle launched since the Columbia disaster over two years ago. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)