Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuzadza peturu yetangi rokunze re"Discovery" mukugadzirira kuvhurwa kwakatanga na 11:50 GMT. Pakazosvika 12:50, zvakanga zvasimbiswa kuti kuedza kwokutanga kweEngine Cutoff (ECO) sensors muExternal Tank kwakanga kwaitwa zvinobudirira. Kukundikana kweECO sensors kwakanga kwakonzera kunonoka kwakati wandei mukuedza kwekutanga kweShuttle, uye STS-124 ndiyo yekutanga basa rekushandisa tangi rakagadziridzwa, iro rinotarisirwa kubvisa zvikanganiso zvakadaro. Panguva yakatanga kuzadzwa mafuta, vanoona nezvemamiriro okunze vakafanotaura kuti paiva nomukana we80 muzana wokuti mamiriro okunze aizoita zvakanaka panguva yaizotanga kuvhurwa. Kuisa mafuta kwakapedzwa, uye kuzadza upfu hwecryogenic propellant kwakatanga, na15:36. Mukuwedzera kune ECO sensor kugadziridzwa, iyi ndiyo yaiva basa rokutanga kushandisa External Tank rakagadzirwa mushure mokunge "Columbia" yadonha
muna 2003, uye naizvozvo tangi rokutanga kuva nezvose kuchengeteka enhancements yakavakwa mariri, pane retrofitted.