Workers in the Payload Changeout Room check the Payload Ground Handling Mechanism that will move the U.S. Lab Destiny out of Atlantis’ payload bay and into the PCR. After the move, Atlantis will roll back to th More
Workers in the Payload Changeout Room check the U.S. Lab Destiny as its moves from Atlantis’ payload bay into the PCR. Destiny will remain in the PCR while Atlantis rolls back to the Vehicle Assembly Building t More
The U.S. Lab Destiny (left) moves away from Atlantis’ payload bay doors (right) into the Payload Changeout Room. Destiny will remain in the PCR while Atlantis rolls back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to allo More
The U.S. Lab Destiny is ready to be moved from Atlantis’ payload bay into the Payload Changeout Room. After the move, Atlantis will roll back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to allow workers to conduct inspect More
Workers in the Payload Changeout Room check the U.S. Lab Destiny as its moves from Atlantis’ payload bay into the PCR. Destiny will remain in the PCR while Atlantis rolls back to the Vehicle Assembly Building t More
The U.S. Lab Destiny begins moving out of Atlantis’ payload bay and into the Payload Changeout Room via the Payload Ground Handling Mechanism. Destiny will remain in the PCR while Atlantis rolls back to the Veh More
The U.S. Lab Destiny moves out of Atlantis’ payload bay and into the Payload Changeout Room via the Payload Ground Handling Mechanism. Destiny will remain in the PCR while Atlantis rolls back to the Vehicle Ass More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis is ready to roll back to the Vehicle Assembly Building via the crawler-transporter. In the VAB workers will conduct inspections, make continuity checks and c More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis nears the Vehicle Assembly Building (left) and Launch Control Center on its way back from Launch Pad 39A. Atlantis is rolling back to the VAB so that workers More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle ../../subjects/atlantis.htm"> Atlantis</a> nears the open doors of the ../../subjects/vab.htm"> Vehicle Assembly Building</a> after rolling back from ../../subjects/l More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Traveling about 1 mph on the crawler-transporter, Space Shuttle Atlantis begins the 3.4-mile trek back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. In the VAB workers will conduct inspections More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis begins rolling back to the Vehicle Assembly Building on the crawler-transporter. In the VAB workers will conduct inspections, make continuity checks and cond More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On its way back from kscpao/captions/subjects/lc39a.htm">Launch Pad 39A,</a> Space Shuttle kscpao/captions/subjects/atlantis.htm"> Atlantis</a>, towering above the vehicles on the More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From across the turn basin can be seen Space Shuttle ../../subjects/atlantis.htm"> Atlantis</a> approaching the ../../subjects/vab.htm"> Vehicle Assembly Building</a> (at left). At More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle ../../subjects/atlantis.htm"> Atlantis</a> (right) inches its way at 1 mph atop the crawler-transporter back to the ../../subjects/vab.htm"> Vehicle Assembly Building More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis is framed by palms and winter-stripped branches as it wends its way from Launch Pad 39A back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Atlantis is rolling back to th More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis joins blue skies and palm trees on the Florida landscape. Atlantis is rolling back from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building so that workers can c More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Just before dawn, Space Shuttle Atlantis is spotlighted before it begins rolling back to the Vehicle Assembly Building from Launch Pad 39A. Atlantis is returning to the VAB so that More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle ../../subjects/atlantis.htm"> Atlantis</a> moves past palm trees on its way back to the ../../subjects/vab.htm"> Vehicle Assembly Building</a> from ../../subjects/lc3 More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from the 235-foot level of the Fixed Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A, Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen looming above the pad. Traveling about 1 mph on the crawler-transpor More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle ../../subjects/atlantis.htm"> Atlantis</a> dwarfs the vehicles near it as it rolls back to the ../../subjects/vab.htm"> Vehicle Assembly Building</a> from ../../subje More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis , with its orange external tank and white solid rocket boosters attached, is viewed from the 235-foot level of the Fixed Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A. More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Dwarfing the vehicles on the road alongside the crawlerway, Space Shuttle ../../subjects/atlantis.htm"> Atlantis</a> rolls back to the ../../subjects/vab.htm"> Vehicle Assembly Bui More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis begins moving back to the Vehicle Assembly Building where workers will conduct inspections, make continuity checks and conduct X-ray analysis on the 36 solid More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Dwarfing the vehicles on the road alongside the crawlerway, Space Shuttle ../../subjects/atlantis.htm"> Atlantis</a> rolls back to the ../../subjects/vab.htm"> Vehicle Assembly Bui More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis (background, right) approaches the doors of the Vehicle Assembly Building (left) on its way back from Launch Pad 39A. Atlantis has rolled back to the VAB so More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- United Space Alliance SRB technician Richard Bruns attaches a cable end cover to a cable pulled from the solid rocket booster on Space Shuttle Atlantis. The Shuttle was rolled back More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Near the bottom of the solid rocket booster, a worker in the Vehicle Assembly Building begins to detach the SRB system tunnel cover on the 36 cables inside. The SRB is part of Spac More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Solid rocket booster cables are exposed after removal of the SRB system tunnel cover. The SRB is part of Space Shuttle Atlantis, rolled back from Launch Pad 39A in order to conduct More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Working near the top of a solid rocket booster, NASA and United Space Alliance SRB technicians hook up SRB cables to a Cirris Signature Touch 1 cable tester. From left are Steve Sw More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building, near the top of the solid rocket booster, Henry Jones and Richard Bruns begin to detach the SRB system tunnel cover on the 36 cables inside. Jones More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Near the bottom of the solid rocket booster, a United Space Alliance SRB technician in the Vehicle Assembly Building detaches the SRB system tunnel cover of the 36 cables inside. A More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Richard Bruns, a United Space Alliance SRB technician, pulls cables out of the solid rocket booster system tunnel. The SRB is part of Space Shuttl More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- United Space Alliance SRB technician Jim Glass conducts a Flex test on a cable on the solid rocket booster at left. The SRB is part of Space Shuttle Atlantis, rolled back from Laun More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building, United Space Alliance SRB technician Frank Meyer pulls cables out of the solid rocket booster system tunnel. Cable end covers are in a box near hi More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building, United Space Alliance SRB technicians Robert G. Williams and Frank Meyer remove the cover of the solid rocket booster system tunnel. The SRB is pa More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Working near the top of a solid rocket booster, NASA and United Space Alliance SRB technicians hook up SRB cables to a CIRRUS computer for testing. From left are Jim Glass, with US More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Near the bottom of the solid rocket booster in the Vehicle Assembly Building, a United Space Alliance SRB technician detaches the SRB system tunnel cover on the 36 cables inside. T More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA and United Space Alliance SRB technicians hook up solid rocket booster cables to a Cirris Signature Touch 1 cable tester. From left are Loren Atkinson and Steve Swichkow, with More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Richard Bruns and Henry Jones, United Space Alliance SRB technicians, begin to detach the SRB system tunnel cover on the 36 cables inside. The SRB More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Richard Bruns, a United Space Alliance SRB technician, begins to detach the SRB system tunnel cover on the 36 cables inside. The SRB is part of Sp More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Blue skies and a blue Atlantic Ocean provide a colorful backdrop for Space Shuttle Atlantis as it rests on Launch Pad 39A after its 3.4-mile trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- As the sun clears the horizon, it creates a silhouette of the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it makes the crawl from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A. The Shuttle has bee More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis begins rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A. The Shuttle has been in the VAB undergoing tests on the solid rocket booster cables. A More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Dozens of storks are roused from the ground near the Vehicle Assembly Building after the Space Shuttle Atlantis has moved out. The Shuttle has been in the VAB undergoing tests on t More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Reflecting light from framework inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, Space Shuttle Atlantis begins rolling out of the VAB to Launch Pad 39A after tests were completed on the solid More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The gate outside Launch Pad 39A heralds the STS-98 launch as Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its way to the pad. The Shuttle had returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building from the lau More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Reflecting light from framework inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, Space Shuttle Atlantis begins rolling out of the VAB to Launch Pad 39A after tests were completed on the solid More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The morning daylight casts its rays over the ground and onto Space Shuttle Atlantis atop the Mobile Launcher Platform and crawler-transporter. Vehicles below follow the transporter More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- As the early morning light casts a glow over the landscape, Space Shuttle Atlantis moves slowly along the crawlerway for the trek to Launch Pad 39A (upper left). The Shuttle has be More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The gate outside Launch Pad 39A heralds the STS-98 launch as Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its way to the pad. The Shuttle had returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building from the lau More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis makes tracks as it crawls to Launch Pad 39A (background, left). The Shuttle had returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building from the launch pad in order to und More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- A small flock of birds soars above Space Shuttle Atlantis while cars follow behind as Atlantis crawls toward Launch Pad 39A from the Vehicle Assembly Building. The Shuttle has been More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Photographed from the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building, Space Shuttle Atlantis creeps along the crawlerway for the trek to Launch Pad 39A (upper left). In the background is the More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls out from the Vehicle Assembly Building into the crisp morning air on its way to Launch Pad 39A. The Shuttle has been in the VAB undergoing tests on the More