{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration (taken by
                Bionetics)

{captionsby}    Sherikon Space Systems (Susan Walsh, Chuck Weirauch and Paula
                Shawa)

{category}      SHUTTLE.sts-87

{date}          29-Oct-1997

{description}   The orbiter Columbia, mated to its external tank and two solid
                rocket boosters, is rolled out onto Kennedy Space Centers Pad 39-
                B. Columbia is scheduled to launch on Nov. 19 for STS-87 on a 16-
                day flight of the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP)-4
                mission. This mission also features the deployment and retrieval
                of the Spartan-201 satellite and a spacewalk to demonstrate
                assembly and maintenance operations for future use on the
                International Space Station.

{highres}       1536 x 2304

{highsize}      818385

{hightype}      JPEG

{keywords}      SHUTTLE,sts-87

{lasteditor}    <A HREF=http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/other/mtd.html>M.
                Downs</a>

{lowres}        160 x 240

{lowsize}       30043

{lowtype}       GIF

{mediumres}     512 x 768

{mediumsize}    106986

{mediumtype}    JPEG

{number}        KSC-97PC-1579

{scannedby}     Bionetics and NASA/KSC Internet Lab (<A
                HREF="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/nasa-
                cm/jmd.html">Dumoulin</a>, <A
                HREF="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/nasa-
                cm/mtd.html">Downs</a>)

{slideres}      111 x 156

{slidesize}     25115

{slidetype}     GIF

{tinyres}       67 x 100

{tinysize}      10231

{tinytype}      GIF

{title}         STS-87 Columbia rolls out to LC 39B in preparation for launch

{type}          Image

{end}