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Atlantis’ Final Roll to Pad
NASA – At a slow pace of about 1 mph, space shuttle Atlantis makes its final journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. First motion was at 8:42 p.m. EDT.
It will take the crawler-transporter about six hours to carry the shuttle, attached to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters, to the seaside launch pad. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder May 31, 2011
Atlantis’ Final Roll to Pad
Dawn approaches after space shuttle Atlantis completed its historic final journey to Launch Pad 39A from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building.
Atlantis was secured or “hard down,” at its seaside launch pad at 3:29 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 1. Photo credit: NASA/Terry Zaperach
Sunrise at Launch Pad 39A
Sunrise at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida finds space shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad 39A after completing its historic and final journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building.
The milestone move, known as “rollout,” paves the way for the launch of the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Go Atlantis!
A banner proclaims the sentiments of Kennedy’s work force at Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after space shuttle Atlantis completed its historic and final journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building.
Atlantis was secured or “hard down,” at its seaside launch pad at 3:29 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 1. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
