In the Vertical Integration Facility at Kennedy Space Center, workers on either side of the payload canister check its condition after it was rotated from a horizontal position. The canister contains the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module laboratory, which will be transported to Launch Pad 39A for launch aboard space shuttle Discovery on STS-124.
In the Vertical Integration Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers on either side of the payload canister check its condition after it was rotated from a horizontal position. The canister contains the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module laboratory, which will be transported to Launch Pad 39A for launch aboard space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-124.
Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
Apr. 24, 2008