KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. – After leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building, the Space Shuttle Discovery makes its slow – up to 1 mile per hour – trek along the crawlerway to Launch Pad 39A in preparation for the STS-82 mission. The Shuttle is assembled on a Mobile Launcher Platform, seen in this view taken from above, and the entire assemblage is carried out to the launch pad on the crawler transporter, which is underneath the MLP. A seven-member crew will perform the second servicing of the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the 10-day STS-82 mission, which is targeted for a Feb. 11 liftoff.
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TakenJanuary 17, 1997
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