STS-106 orbiter Atlantis rolls over to the VAB

[KSC-00PP-1073]

  • Photo Number: KSC-00PP-1073

  • Release Date: 07-Aug-2000

  • Keywords: SHUTTLE,sts-106
    • Description: KSC employees accompany the orbiter Atlantis as it is moved aboard an orbiter transporter to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). In the background are OPF bays 1 and 2. In the VAB it will be lifted to vertical and placed aboard the mobile launcher platform (MLP) for stacking with the solid rocket boosters and external tank. Atlantis is scheduled to launch Sept. 8 on mission STS-106, the fourth construction flight to the International Space Station, with a crew of seven.

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