 Wearing the traditional Hawaiian shirts, the STS-114 crew gathers after breakfast for the traditional cake before suiting up for launch. Seated left to right are Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence, Pilot James Kelly, Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, Mission Commander Eileen Collins and Mission Specialists Andrew Thomas, Stephen Robinson and Charles Camarda. Noguchi represents the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The crew is scheduled to lift off aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on this historic Return to Flight mission to the International Space Station at 10:39 am. Credit: NASA
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