Image: STS-79 rollout

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Description: The Space Shuttle Atlantis begins the slow journey to Launch Pad 39A from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in preparation for the launch of STS-79 in 16 September 1996. This dramatic view looking directly down onto the shuttle stack atop the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) and crawler-transporter was taken from the VAB roof approximately 525 feet (160 meters) above the ground. In view are the Orbiter, orange External Tank and twin white Solid Rocket Boosters.
Title: STS-79 rollout
Credit: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001877.html (direct link)
Author: NASA/KSC
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