NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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A graphic representation showing the location and type of repairs performed on External Tank, ET-124, damaged by hail when a thunderstorm passed over the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., launch pad on Feb. 26. About 1,000 damage sites, shown in blue, were repaired by removing damaged foam and reapplying specialized pour foam. About 900 sites, shown in yellow, were shallow enough to be repaired using the "sand and blend" technique. Spray repairs were performed to avoid numerous individual repairs in areas where there was a high density of damage. in areas indicated by arrows Sprayed areas are are. Repairs, which delayed launch of the STS-117 mission from March 15 to June, were performed inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Center. (NASA)

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Space Shuttle Atlantis, mounted on a mobile launch platform, nears Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, atop a crawler transporter May 15. The launch of Atlantis on mission STS-117 is targeted for June 8. (NASA/KSC)

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Lockheed Martin and NASA personnel at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans were on hand as external tank ET-117 rolled out April 2 to be loaded onto its seagoing transport for shipment to the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The tank is expected to arrive at Port Canaveral, Fla., April 6. ET-117 is scheduled to fly on the STS-118 mission later this year, but could possibly be substituted for ET-124 on the next shuttle mission, STS-117. (NASA/Michoud Assembly Facility)

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Space Shuttle Atlantis rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Thursday, Feb. 15, for its 3.4 mile journey to Launch Pad 39A. Resting atop the crawler transporter and traveling just under 1 mph, Atlantis made its approximately six-hour trip to the pad, arriving at 2:09 p.m. CST. The flight of Atlantis to the International Space Station is targeted for March 15. The STS-117 crew will install a new truss segment, retract a set of solar arrays and unfold a new set on the starboard side of the station. Lessons learned from two previous shuttle missions will provide the astronauts with new techniques and tools to perform their duties. The launch of STS-117 will be the first liftoff from Pad 39A in four years. (KSC)

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Space Shuttle Atlantis, on top of its transporter, rolls toward the door of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Inside, Atlantis will be lifted into high bay 1 and mated with the external tank and solid rocket boosters which are already in place on the mobile launcher platform. The rollover signals the beginning of a journey to the launch pad for liftoff on mission STS-117, targeted for March 15. The mission is the 21st to the International Space Station and will deliver a new truss segment, unfurl new solar arrays and fold up an old one – a continuation of work on the space station begun during the two previous shuttle missions. (KSC)

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Space shuttle external tank ET-124 was delivered to NASA by Lockheed Martin workers at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Dec. 19 and loaded onto the barge to begin itsy sea journey to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. ET-124, which will help launch Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-117 mission, is expected to arrive in port at the Kennedy Center on Saturday, Dec. 23. Atlantis is targeted to launch no earlier than March 16, 2007. (Lockheed Martin)