KSC-2009-5428
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis appears to float above the trees on its 3.4-mile trip from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A, in the background at right. In reality, the shuttle is secured to its mobile launcher platform for the move, known as rollout, and is being carried by a crawler-transporter. First motion was at 6:38 a.m. EDT Oct. 14. Rollout is expected to take about six hours. Liftoff of Atlantis on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for Nov. 12. For information on the STS-129 mission and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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October 14, 2009
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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