The payload canister leaves the O&C with the Joint Airlock Module inside

[KSC-00PP-1507]

  • Photo Number: KSC-00PP-1507

  • Release Date: 03-Oct-2000

    • Description: The payload canister, with the Joint Airlock Module inside, backs out of the Operations and Checkout Building for a short trip to the Space Station Processing Facility. There the module will undergo more preflight processing for the STS-104 mission scheduled for launch aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis May 17, 2001. The Joint Airlock Module is the gateway from which crew members aboard the International Space Station will enter and exit the 470-ton orbiting research facility.

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