KSC-2009-3512
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the hoist is ready to be removed from space shuttle Atlantis before it is towed to Orbiter Processing Facility 1. Covering the rear of Atlantis is a tail cone, which protects the aft engine area and provides a more efficient aeronautical dimension during its piggyback flight. After its May 24 landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, which concluded its STS-125 mission, the modified Boeing 747 SCA carried the shuttle on a two-day ferry flight from Edwards to Kennedy beginning June 1. Atlantis' next assignment is the STS-129 mission, targeted to launch in November 2009. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
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KSC-2009-3512
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June 3, 2009
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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