NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Repair at the Pad

On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers prepare to remove the 7-inch quick disconnect and flight seal from the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate on space shuttle Endeavour's external fuel tank. A leak of hydrogen at the location during tanking for the STS-127 mission caused the mission to be scrubbed at 12:26 a.m. on June 13.

Image credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs
June 14, 2009