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You're watching NASA Direct. Next on the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report: With the launch of Discovery less than one month away, pad crews load the space shuttle with prelaunch fuels and prepare for astronaut arrival. Atlantis has new engines and a new window, and in the Vehicle Assembly Building, a new, stacked set of boosters is being made ready. And, Endeavour receives new hardware for its future flight to the International Space Station. The NASA Space Shuttle Status Report starts right now_ Music. I'm Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA test director, and this is the NASA Space Shuttle Status Report. At Launch Pad 39B, technicians are preparing Space Shuttle Discovery for this summer's launch to the International Space Station. The team has completed prelaunch loading of the orbiter's hypergolic propellant. Testing of the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo has been conducted. Leonardo, one of Discovery's primary payloads, will carry equipment and supplies to the space station, and then be returned to Earth in Discovery's cargo bay. The seven-member astronaut crew is slated to participate in a countdown dress rehearsal, practicing pad egress and other procedures, prior to Di