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Now on the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report: Practice makes perfect_ Discovery's crew participates in a simulated launch countdown at Kennedy Space Center. Plus: A short delay. NASA announces a new launch window for STS-114. And- They're all in_ Space Shuttle Discovery's payloads are packed and ready to go_ The NASA Space Shuttle Status Report starts right now_ I’m Jeremy Graeber, NASA test director at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and this is the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report. Topping orbiter news this week: a successful launch 'dress rehearsal.' Led by Commander Eileen Collins, all seven astronauts took part in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test May 2 through 4 at Kennedy Space Center. After arriving, the crew spent three days preparing for launch, as if it were really happening_ The first two days were all about safety training. They practiced how to escape from the launch pad by climbing in and out of slide-wire baskets. These baskets could whisk the crew to a nearby bunker in the unlikely event of an emergency. They also learned to drive M-113 armored personnel carriers, small tanks used to drive safely away from the launch pad if necessary. TCDT came to an exciti