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STS-130 Space Shuttle Endeavour after departure from the ISS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis backs out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its 10-mile trip to the Kennedy Visitor Complex where it will be put on public display. As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis is to be displayed at Kennedy's Visitor Complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles during 307 days in space over 33 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition Photo credit: NASA/ Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-5986

Earth observation image taken during STS-100

STS-133 DISCOVERY ROLLOVER FROM OPF-3 TO VAB 2010-4607

STS-129 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

In preparation for Space Shuttle Mission STS-87, the orbiter Columbia rolled into the Vehicle Assembly Building transfer aisle at about 6 a.m. today. The orbiter will be mated to the <a href="http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/nasafact/count3.htm#et">external tank</a> and <a href="http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/nasafact/ships.htm#srbs">solid rocket boosters</a> in high bay 3 over the weekend and is slated to roll out to Pad 39B on Wednesday. STS-87 will be the fourth flight of the United States Microgravity Payload and the Spartan-201 deployable satellite KSC-97PC1557

STS-132 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Atlantis arrives in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, concluding its rollover from the Orbiter Processing Facility. In the VAB, the orbiter will be lifted into high bay 3 for mating to the external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters. Atlantis' launch window begins Aug. 28. During its 11-day mission to the International Space Station, the STS-115 crew of six astronauts will install the Port 3/4 truss segment with its two large solar arrays. Photo credit: NASA/Charisse Nahser KSC-06pd1642

STS-73 Liftoff - Closeup view SSME and SRB after ignition

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STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

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Description: ALERT COVERAGE. VIEW FROM OUTSIDE OF FENCE. LOOKING NORTH "WITH ORBITER COMING TOWARD CAMERA" SHOW TOUCHDOWN LOCATE AT AN APPROPRIATE DISTANCE FROM TOUCHDOWN POINT TO ASSURE AN ADEQUATE IMAGE SIZE WHEN THE ORBITER CONTACTS THE RUNWAY. COMMITTED ONLY FOR RUNWAY 15 (NORTH TO SOUTH) LANDINGS

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Date Taken: 6/1/2011

Image Type: DIGITAL STILLS

STS134 LAUNCH AND LANDING

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25/07/2005 - 21/07/2011
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label_outline Explore Alert Coverage, Show Touchdown, Orbiter Contacts

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eom sts 134 endeavour nasa launch and landing high resolution ultra high resolution runway landings adequate image size orbiter contacts show touchdown touchdown point digital stills sts 134 alert coverage orbiter appropriate distance view space program