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Description: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. – After leaving the Orbiter Processing Facility, Atlantis makes its way to the Vehicle Assembly Building atop an orbiter transporter. In the VAB, the orbiter will be lifted into high bay 3 for mating to the external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters. Atlantis's launch window begins Aug. 28. During its 11-day mission to the International Space Station, the STS-115 crew of six astronauts will install the Port 3/4 truss segment with its two large solar arrays.
Title: Rollover Atlantis
Credit: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=29542
Author: NASA/Charisse Nahser
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