Technicians in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida resumed strengthening modifications on Discovery's external fuel tank stringers following the Martin Luther King Jr holiday. Discovery and its six astronauts are targeted to launch Feb. 24. 
STS-133 Mission Specialist Tim Kopra was injured Saturday in a bicycle accident, but he will be OK. However, there could be an impact to his duties for shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission to the International Space Station. That possibility still is being evaluated. Further details of his injury are not being released at this time due to concerns for his medical privacy.
At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas, the remainder of the crew will participate in an integrated entry sim today in the fixed base simulator.
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