KSC-05PD-2048
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Space Shuttle Atlantis is lowered into the transfer aisle after being demated from its External Tank_Solid Rocket Booster stack. The orbiter will be rolled back to Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 where processing will begin for mission STS-115, the 19th flight to the International Space Station. The tank, ET-120, is the first redesigned ET to arrive at KSC and will undergo further testing before Return to Flight mission STS-121 next year.
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05pd2048
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September 2, 2005
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KSC
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