KSC00pp1076
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), overhead cranes move above the orbiter Atlantis in order to lift it to vertical. When vertical, the orbiter will be placed aboard the mobile launcher platform (MLP) for stacking with the solid rocket boosters and external tank. Atlantis is scheduled to launch Sept. 8 on mission STS-106, the fourth construction flight to the International Space Station, with a crew of seven
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KSC00pp1076
Date Created
August 7, 2000
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KSC
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Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL
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