Reflected in the turn basin at the Launch Complex 39 area, shuttle Discovery and its mobile launcher platform stand atop the crawler-transporter, which carries its cargo at one mile an hour to Launch Pad 39B. The vehicle takes several hours to cover the journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad.
Reflected in the turn basin at the Launch Complex 39 area, shuttle Discovery and its mobile launcher platform stand atop the crawler-transporter, which carries its cargo at one mile an hour to Launch Pad 39B. The vehicle takes several hours to cover the journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad. Discovery was rolling to the pad prior to its STS-96 mission, a logistics and resupply mission for the International Space Station.
Image credit: NASA
April 23, 1999