Atlantis Rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building

[KSC-95PC-0589]

  • Photo Number: KSC-95PC-0589

  • Release Date: 20-Apr-1995

  • Keywords: SHUTTLE,sts-71
    • Description: The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis rolls over from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 to the Vehicle Assembly Building April 20, 1995, atop the orbiter transporter for mating to its external tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for the STS-71 mission. Atlantis will dock with the Russian Space Station Mir during the 11-day mission. Later, both Mir and STS-71 flight crew members will conduct joint medical investigations in the Spacelab-Mir module located in the orbiter's payload bay.

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