In the Launch Complex 39 Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the external tank for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope sits ready for offloading from the Pegasus barge.
In the Launch Complex 39 Area at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the external tank for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope sits ready for offloading from the Pegasus barge. Next stop is the Vehicle Assembly Building, where the tank will be raised to a vertical position, lifted and moved into a checkout cell in the cavernous building.
Image credit: NASA/Amanda Diller
July 15, 2008