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| Image above: In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the
orbiter Atlantis has been lowered onto the mobile launcher platform
where it will be joined to the external tank and solid rocket boosters
already in place. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder |
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NASA's space shuttle Atlantis prepares to roll to launch pad
NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is set to embark on a four-mile journey
to Launch Pad 39-B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Monday, July
31. First motion is scheduled for 12:01 a.m. EDT.
Atlantis' launch window begins Aug. 28 for an 11-day mission to the International
Space Station.
The fully assembled space shuttle vehicle, consisting of the orbiter,
external tank and twin solid rocket boosters, will be mounted on a mobile
launcher platform and delivered to the pad via a crawler transporter.
The process is expected to take approximately six hours.
NASA TV will provide live coverage of the roll out beginning at 6 a.m.
EDT as Atlantis approaches the launch pad. Video highlights of the rollout
will air on NASA TV's Video File segments.
For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
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