Atlantis sits under the MDD at the SLF in preparation for its ferry flight to California

[KSC-97PC-1664]

  • Photo Number: KSC-97PC-1664

  • Release Date: 10-Nov-1997

    • Description: Space Shuttle Atlantis sits under the Mate/Demate Device at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, where it will be lifted and mated to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Atlantis is being prepared for its ferry flight to California for its Orbiter Maintenance Down Period at Palmdale's Orbiter Assembly Facility where it will remain until August 1998. At Palmdale, modifications and structural inspections will be conducted in preparation for Atlantis' future missions to support International Space Station assembly activities. Atlantis' next flight into space is scheduled to be Space Shuttle mission STS- 92, targeted for launch from KSC in January 1999.

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