STS-79 Spacehab module is prepared for transport

[KSC-96PC-0867]


  • Photo Number: KSC-96PC-0867

  • Release Date: 01-Jan-2000

  • Keywords: SHUTTLE,sts-79
  • Description: The SPACEHAB Double Module arrives at the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF). Preflight preparation of the pressurized mini-laboratory was completed by McDonnell Douglas for SPACEHAB developer SPACEHAB Inc. at its Port Canaveral facilities. Here in the SSPF, the Double Module configuration -- about to fly in space for the first time -- will be transferred into the payload canister transporter and taken directly to Launch Pad 39A for installation in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. This streamlined processing means the SPACEHAB payload does not need to be installed in the orbiter while it is still in the Orbiter Processing Facility. The SPACEHAB Double Module is flying on Mission STS-79, the fourth docking between the U.S. Space Shuttle and Russian Space Station Mir.

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    Photos By: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (taken by Bionetics)
    Scanned By: J.Dumoulin, T.Nguyen, E.Cody and M.Downs NASA Payload Operations
    Captions: Paula Shawa (Paula.Shawa-1@ksc.nasa.gov) / SHER-10
    Curator: NASA/KSC Internet Systems Lab (Dumoulin, Downs, Paladino)
    Last Updated: Tuesday August 28 15:16:52 EDT 2001 (J.Dumoulin )

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