KSC-2010-4851
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Michael Nicholas, Captain M/V Freedom Star and Jamie Harris (second in command) steer Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships, which is pulling the Space Shuttle Program's last external fuel tank, ET-122, toward NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The tank traveled 900 miles by sea from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans aboard the Pegasus Barge. After reaching the Turn Basin at Kennedy, the tank will be offloaded and moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it eventually will be attached to space shuttle Endeavour for the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. STS-134, targeted to launch in Feb. 2011, currently is scheduled to be the last mission in the Space Shuttle Program. The tank, which is the largest element of the space shuttle stack, was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and restored to flight configuration by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company employees. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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KSC-2010-4851
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September 27, 2010
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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