KSC-2010-1006
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, External Tank-135 approaches the Vehicle Assembly Building, door gaping wide in the background. The tank arrived in Florida on Dec. 26 aboard the Pegasus barge, towed by a solid rocket booster retrieval ship from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. ET-135 will be used to launch space shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for March 18. For information on the components of the space shuttle and the STS-131 mission, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts131/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
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KSC-2010-1006
Date Created
January 5, 2010
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KSC
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Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL
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