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Now on the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report: The world watches as NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery rolls out to the launch pad for Return to Flight_ And, Discovery gets an 'eye' to keep watch on the External Tank. Plus, not to be outshined: orbiter Atlantis is charging ahead, accomplishing many milestones_ I'm Don Hammel, NASA test director and this is the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report. Our big story this week: NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery is now on the launch pad, in preparation for liftoff of STS-114, NASA’s Return to Flight mission to the International Space Station. At precisely 2:04 p.m. EDT on April 6, 2005, history was made when Discovery began the rollout to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy employees celebrated and cheered as Discovery made its way through the crawlerway, and world-wide press coverage documented the milestone. Discovery made it's 4.2 mile journey atop the massive 5-½ million pound crawler that slowly inched its way to the pad at a speed of nearly one mile an hour. After a brief delay, Discovery arrived at the pad at 12:30 a.m. EDT. A week before rollout, Discovery was mated to its Solid Rocket Boosters and External Tank inside t