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Mike Curie/STS-133 Launch Commentator: We're seeing Commander Steve Lindsey with one of the suit technicians

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assisting him into his ACEs suit, or his Launch and Entry Suit.

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Pilot Eric Boe. He flew on STS-126. He is our pilot today. He's logged over 4,000 hours in 45 different aircraft.

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This is Alvin Drew, Mission Specialist 1. He's a colonel in the Air Force.

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Once again we have an all-veteran crew. Alvin Drew flew on STS-118.

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Panning around to the other side of the room.

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Mike Barrett. Mission Specialist No. 3. He's a veteran of Expeditions 19 and 20 aboard the International Space Station.

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Kennedy Space Center native Nicole Stott who worked here processing shuttles for many years before becoming an astronaut.

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She's Mission Specialist 4. Hometown of Clearwater, Florida.

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And the newest member of the STS-133 
Crew Steve Bowen, who replaced Tim 
Kopra

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after the unfortunate bicycle accident sidelined Tim Kopra.

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Steve is Mission Specialist 2.

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And here comes the crew of space shuttle Discovery. The STS-133 Crew is walking out of their Crew Quarters in the

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Operations and Checkout Building followed by some of the astronaut management.

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Andy Thomas, NASA Astronaut: And here we have the crew walking out of Crew Quarters. This is a very historical walkway.

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It's the same path that the Apollo astronauts took to the moon. And over the last 30 years there's been 133-odd

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shuttle crews that walked out here to catch this bus for the exciting ride out to the launch pad.

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I think that's the camera view from the VAB 
(Vehicle Assembly Building) if I'm not 
mistaken.

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