it s scheduled to last 11 days. discovery is delivering supplies and spare parts, as well as an extra storage module. two space walks are planned during its stay at the space station. coming up, 14 awol democratic state senators stand in the way of wisconsin ending collective bargaining for some state employees. we ll ask one of their republican colleagues if she thinks the stalemate will come to an end any time soon. arthel: plus, this right here is not exactly on the menu. a mini van comes crashing through a coffee shop. customers talk about their close call. it kept not stopping and it happened so fast. the motorola xoom tablet.
take a look at those pictures inside the space shuttle discovery. live pictures from nasa tv. it s expected to blast off at 4:50 p.m. eastern from florida s kennedy space station. on board five men, one woman, and the first robotic-like astronaut. they will deliver a storage module, science rig and spare parts to the international space station during the 11-day mission. it was first launched back in 1984, discovery has completed more than 30 missions making it the most experienced space shuttle. the hubble space telescope was transported in 1990 and glenn went back in space in 1998 and he was the first u.s. citizen to orbit citizen and he was the oldest to fly in space at the age of 77. discovery took the colbert treadmill to space in 2009. that s steven colbert am.
be among them. join showbiz tonight a.j. hammer and brooke anderson for live red carpet access at the oscars. watch road to gold sunday 7:00 eastern on cnn and at 11:00 east eastern on hln. the launch of the spis shutting discovery is getting ready to happy in just under three hours. the space shuttle is set to blast off at 4550 eastern. weather is looking great for the launch. the crew will deliver a storage module, a science rig and spare parts to the international space station during its 11-day mission. five men, one woman and nasa s first robot astronaut will meet up with international space station. and this is the 39th and final mission for discovery. those are live pictures you were looking at earlier. discovery is a shuttle first, the first female shuttle pilot eileen collins flew on the discovery, the first
prepping for the first space walk tomorrow on the 11-day mission. discovery docked with the international space station saturday delivering a storage module, science rig and spare parts. this is discovery s 39th and final flight. i want you to check out this video released by d.c. s metro transit system. look at that. people were trying to catch trains right up to the jon stewart/steven colbert rally at the national mall last october. all of a sudden, they started tumbling down the escalator, one person was seriously hurt. transit officials now say the escalator s braking system failed. baseball fans are mourning the passing of hall of famer duke snider. he died in escondido, california. he was 84. snider was a feared hitter on dodger teams that won the world series in 1955 and 1959. he was elected to the baseball hall of fame in 1980. back to wisconsin, police are allowing protesters to break out the sleeping bags for