STS-98 orbiter Atlantis rolls over to the VAB


  • Photo Number: KSC-00PP-1826

  • Release Date: 04-Dec-2000

  • Description: The orbiter Atlantis, on its transporter, heads into the turn toward the Vehicle Assembly Building, in the background. In the VAB it will be raised to vertical and lifted up and into high bay 3 for stacking with its external tank and solid rocket boosters. Atlantis will fly on mission STS-98, the seventh construction flight to the International Space Station. The orbiter will carry in its payload bay the U.S. Laboratory, named Destiny, that will have five system racks already installed inside of the module. After delivery of electronics in the lab, electrically powered attitude control for Control Moment Gyroscopes will be activated. Atlantis is scheduled for launch on Jan. 18, 2001, at 2:44 a.m. EST, with a crew of five. (Photo Release Date: 04-Dec-2000 )

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    Last Updated: Wednesday April 16 15:11:04 EDT 2000 (J. Dumoulin)

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