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Now on the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report: a revised launch window for Space Shuttle Discovery. Two loaded and one to go_ STS-114 payloads are packing up_ And technicians keep watch as orbiter Atlantis takes shape at Kennedy Space Center. The Space Shuttle Status Report starts right now_ I’m Charlie Blackwell Thompson, NASA test director at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and this is the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report. Topping NASA orbiter news this week: a revised launch window for Space Shuttle Discovery’s mission to the International Space Station. On Wednesday, April 20, NASA program managers announced the window for launch of STS-114 now begins May 22 and ends June 3, 2005. This optimal launch window allows time to complete necessary work for a safe Return to Flight. Technicians are packing payloads_ On April 19 and 20, two of Discovery’s three payloads were successfully installed inside the Space Shuttle payload transportation canister. The canister is like a moving van to transport the payloads to the launch pad. First, technicians lowered a pallet full of International Space Station spare parts into the canister. Once in orbit, Discovery’s crew will anchor the pallet,