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Photo ID: 1610402
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OV-103 (cn OV-103) Discovery sits on Pad 39A the eve before its launch on mission STS-120. |
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Photo ID: 1610401
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) Birds fly as Shuttle Endeavour rockets off the launch pad on mission STS-118. |
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Photo ID: 1607495
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OV-104 Shuttle Atlantis begins the 3.5 mile, six hour crawl to Launch Pad 39A at dawn October 14 for the STS-129 mission. |
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Photo ID: 1604345
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) Atlantis rolled out from the VAB to the Launch Complex 39A on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at 6.38 a.m. EDT in a slow drive (0.8 miles per hour) on the top of the Crawler-transporter. The 3.4-mile (5.5 km) rollout was completed with the launch platform secured in place at about 1:31 p.m EDT. Here she approches the pad superstructure which sit on top of concrete hill. The laser leveling keeps "the stack" level on the mobile launch platform (MLP) which is deposited onto supports before the crawler backs away to safety. |
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Photo ID: 1603105
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OV-103 (cn OV-103) Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off atop 7.5 million pounds of thrust on mission STS-124 to deliver the Japanese Kibo laboratory module to the International Space Station, 5:02pm EDT, May 31, 2008. |
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Photo ID: 1600979
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) "Atlantis" was towed from her hangar in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on 6 October, 2009 at about 7 a.m. EDT. The move, known as rollover, was competed at 8:25 a.m. when Atlantis arrived in the VAB transfer aisle. Here she sits awaiting the completion of the detailed photography that is used as reference to make sure that no damage happens to her during takeoff. These reference photos are compared with those taken in Space to identify potentially catastrophic damage. |
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Photo ID: 1596276
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) Shuttle Endeavour is reflected in nearby water as it lights up the Central Florida night on mission STS-123, 2:28am EDT March 11, 2008. |
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Photo ID: 1593339
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OV-103 (cn OV-103) The Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on mission STS-120 to the International Space Station at 11:38am EDT, Oct. 23, 2007. |
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Photo ID: 1592354
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) Shuttle Atlantis sits on Launch Pad 39A (foreground) with Endeavour in the background, in preparation for STS-125, the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Endeavour is to be ready to launch as a rescue shuttle within one week of Atlantis, as this is the only post-Columbia shuttle mission not going to the space station. It is the last planned time two shuttles will occupy the pads at the same time, and only the third time ever both are visible with launch towers retracted. |
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Photo ID: 1590379
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls out to the launch pad March 31, 2009, for STS-125, the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Towering 24 stories in height, Shuttle Atlantis, Mobile Launch Platform and the Crawler Transporter - moving at a top speed of 0.9 mph - weigh some 18 million pounds. The 3.5 mile trip takes six hours to complete. |
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Photo ID: 1590355
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-114, the Return to Flight shuttle mission after the Columbia accident, at 10:39am EDT July 26, 2005. |
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Photo ID: 1590318
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) Shuttle Atlantis begins its STS-115 mission to the International Space Station at 11:14am EDT, September 9 2006 atop 7.5 million pounds of thrust. |
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Photo ID: 1588622
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) Shuttle Endeavour, tall as an 18-story building and weighing 4.5 million pounds at liftoff, roars into orbit atop 7.5 million pounds of thrust on mission STS-123 to the International Space Station at 2:28am EST, March 11, 2008. |
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Photo ID: 1585300
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OV-103 (cn OV-103) 6.6 seconds before liftoff on mission STS-116 to the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Discovery's three main engines ignite at 8:47pm EST. Liftoff, the final from Launch Pad 39B, occurred December 9, 2006. |
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Photo ID: 1584584
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OV-103 (cn OV-103) Space Shuttle Discovery is suspended in the mating-demating device as it is prepared for its ferry flight to Florida. |
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