KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Rolling back from Launch Pad 39B, Space Shuttle Discovery, atop a Mobile Launcher Platform, makes its way slowly toward the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The view is across the Turn Basin from an area near the NASA News Center. In the foreground is the mission countdown clock that tracks the time from before launch to inside the VAB, Discovery will be demated from its External Tank and lifted into the transfer aisle. On or about June 7, Discovery will be lifted and attached to its new tank and Solid Rocket Boosters, wh
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Rolling back from Launch Pad 39B, Space Shuttle Discovery, atop a Mobile Launcher Platform, makes its way slowly toward the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The view is across the Turn Basin from an area near the NASA News Center. In the foreground is the mission countdown clock that tracks the time from before launch to inside the VAB, Discovery will be demated from its External Tank and lifted into the transfer aisle. On or about June 7, Discovery will be lifted and attached to its new tank and Solid Rocket Boosters, which are already in the VAB. Only the 15th rollback in Space Shuttle Program history, the journey allows additional modifications to be made to the External Tank prior to a safe Return to Flight. Discovery is expected to be rolled back to the launch pad in mid-June for Return to Flight mission STS-114. The launch window extends from July 13 to July 31.
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