Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the external tank for space shuttle Discovery's mission STS-124 is suspended over the transfer aisle as it is lifted up into a checkout cell for processing.
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the external tank for space shuttle Discovery’s mission STS-124 is suspended over the transfer aisle as it is lifted up into a checkout cell for processing.
The payload for the mission was the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module laboratory and the Japanese Remote Manipulator System, which were delivered to the International Space Station.
Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
Mar. 28, 2008