
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson talks with United Space Alliance tile technician Terry White, left, and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, right, in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 during shuttle Atlantis' final planned move to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The move called "rollover" is a major milestone in processing for the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. Inside the VAB, the shuttle will be attached to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters. Ferguson, along with Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Rex Walheim and Sandra Magnus are targeted to launch in early July, taking with them the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module packed with supplies, logistics and spare parts. The STS-135 mission also will fly a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing spacecraft and return a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS-135 will be the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program. For more information visit, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
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May 17, 2011
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