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Image: STS-129 Atlantis Ready to Roll

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Description: In the Kennedy Space Centre's Orbiter Processing Facility-1 in Florida, workers prepared space shuttle Atlantis to move from its hangar to the transfer aisle inside the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building. Subsequently, the shuttle was rolled to the launch pad in anticipation of its launch on the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station.
Title: STS-129 Atlantis Ready to Roll
Credit: NASA Image of the Day
Author: NASA/Jack Pfaller
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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