Space Shuttle Discovery mounted on the mobile launcher platform and crawler transporter, approaching the ramp to the launch pad prior to mission STS-1

---

Space Shuttle Discovery mounted on the mobile launcher platform and crawler transporter, approaching the ramp to the launch pad prior to mission STS-116. This mission, launching in December 2006, will continue the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). Photographed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.

---

Size: 3646px × 2424px
Photo credit: © NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 2006, 21st, 39b, america, american, astronomical, astronomy, center, century, crawler-transporter, discovery, flight, florida, international, iss, kennedy, launch, launcher, launching, launchpad, manned, mission, mobile, moving, nasa, north, pad, people, person, platform, preparation, preparing, shuttle, space, spacecraft, spaceflight, states, station, sts-116, technological, technology, travelling, united, usa, vehicle