As the sun rises over Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crawler transporter moves space shuttle Atlantis, secured atop a mobile launch platform, along the crawlerway from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A. Together the crawler, launch platform and shuttle weigh approximately 17.5 million pounds.
As the sun rises over Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crawler transporter moves space shuttle Atlantis, secured atop a mobile launch platform, along the crawlerway from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A. Together the crawler, launch platform and shuttle weigh approximately 17.5 million pounds.
Atlantis was launched on mission STS-122 and delivered the European Space Agency’s Columbus module to the International Space Station. The laboratory expanded the research facilities aboard the station, providing crew members and scientists from around the world the ability to conduct a variety of experiments in the physical, materials and life sciences.
Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Nov. 10, 2007