A group of NASA worker discuss the progress of the space shuttle Discovery as it hangs in it's sling in the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, March 29, 2005.

Discovery will be lifted vertical to the top of the building, then turned, lowered and attached to the solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank. NASA passed a significant milestone in it's two year quest to return the shuttle fleet to flight.

(China Daily March 30, 2005)