{author} National Aeronautics and Space Administration {date} 12-Jul-2005 {description} KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. Excitement builds among the news media gathered in the NASA Newsroom the night before launch. The countdown for the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on Return to Flight mission STS-114 is under way for an anticipated liftoff at 3:51 p.m. EDT July 13. During its 12-day mission, Discoverys seven-person crew will test new hardware and techniques to improve Shuttle safety, as well as deliver supplies to the International Space Station. {highres} 3000 x 1851 {highsize} 402620 {hightype} JPEG {keywords} NASA,KSC,Kennedy Space Center {lowres} 320 x 197 {lowsize} 72285 {lowtype} GIF {mediumres} 1024 x 631 {mediumsize} 109074 {mediumtype} JPEG {number} KSC-05PD-1495 {slideres} 120 x 108 {slidesize} 15500 {slidetype} GIF {tinyres} 100 x 61 {tinysize} 7722 {tinytype} GIF {title} KSC-05PD-1495 {type} Image {end}