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posted: 04 August 2009 05:39 pm ET

: Lightning makes a dramatic background and slows the rollout of space shuttle Discovery to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 4, 2009. First motion of the shuttle out of the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 2:07 a.m. ET. Credit: NASA/Justin Dernier

The space shuttle Discovery rolled out to its Florida launch pad Tuesday in an arduous, slow trek made even slower by brilliant lightning flashes and soggy mud.

Engineers began moving Discovery out to the seaside Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center before dawn Tuesday to begin priming the shuttle for its planned Aug. 25 launch toward the International Space Station. Distant lightning lit up the sky above the Cape Canaveral spaceport, providing a stunning backdrop for the shuttle's plodding move.

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