KSC-81pc-0056
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - It's not always birds of a feather which flock together. Here, a flock of white pelicans splash down in a lagoon near KSC's Pad A of Launch Complex 39, where another 'bird' - the Space Shuttle Columbia - is poised for launch on its first voyage into orbit. The Rotating Service Structure, which houses the snug-fitting, environmentally clean 'white room' where payloads will be loaded into the orbiter's cargo bay, is shown at left in its retracted position.
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81PC0056
Date Created
January 22, 1981
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KSC
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NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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