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SPACE WATCH · NASA TV · STS-135: Last Space Shuttle Mission
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Launch Date: July 8, 2011
Packing Rafaello
NASA – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, cargo is being installed inside the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module for shuttle Atlantis’ flight to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
STS-135 Payload CEIT
Space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-135 crew participates in a crew equipment interface test, or CEIT, in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Standing inside the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module, which will be packed with supplies, logistics and spare parts for their mission to the International Space Station, are Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus (left), Commander Chris Ferguson, Mission Specialist Rex Walheim and Pilot Doug Hurley.
The purpose of CEIT is for flight crew members to become familiar with the payload they will be working with and delivering to the station. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
Atlantis Awaits Payload
A hazy sun sets over Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as space shuttle Atlantis awaits delivery of the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module (MPLM) in its transportation canister.
Once delivered, the canister will be lifted to the payload changeout room. The payload ground-handling mechanism then will be used to transfer Raffaello out of the canister into Atlantis’ payload bay. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
Raffaello Headed to Pad
The canister that contains the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module, or MPLM, for the STS-135 mission, has been lowered onto a transportation vehicle in the Canister Rotation Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida headed for Launch Pad 39A. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
Raffaello Headed to Pad
The container that carries the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module (MPLM), secured on its transportation vehicle, makes its way past the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its way to Launch Pad 39A. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux June 16, 2011
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