Astronauts Bob Behnken, left, and Eric Boe walk down the Crew Access Arm being built by SpaceX for Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The access arm will be installed on the launch pad, providing a bridge between the launch tower its the Fixed Service Structure, as noted below, and SpaceXs Dragon 2 spacecraft for astronauts flying to the International Space Station on the companys Falcon 9 rocket as part of NASAs Commercial Crew Program. The access arm is being readied for installation in early 2018. It will be installed 70 feet higher than the former space shuttle access arm on the launch pads Fixed Service Structure. SpaceX continues to modify the historic launch site from its former space shuttle days, removing more than 500,000 pounds of steel from the pad structure, including the Rotating Service Structure that was once used for accessing the payload bay of the shuttle. SpaceX also is using the modernized site to launch commercial payloads, as well
SuperStock offers millions of photos, videos, and stock assets to creatives around the world. This image of Astronauts Bob Behnken, left, and Eric Boe walk down the Crew Access Arm being built by SpaceX for Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The access arm will be installed on the launch pad, providing a bridge between the launch tower its the Fixed Service Structure, as noted below, and SpaceXs Dragon 2 spacecraft for astronauts flying to the International Space Station on the companys Falcon 9 rocket as part of NASAs Commercial Crew Program. The access arm is being readied for installation in early 2018. It will be installed 70 feet higher than the former space shuttle access arm on the launch pads Fixed Service Structure. SpaceX continues to modify the historic launch site from its former space shuttle days, removing more than 500,000 pounds of steel from the pad structure, including the Rotating Service Structure that was once used for accessing the payload bay of the shuttle. SpaceX also is using the modernized site to launch commercial payloads, as well by Piemags/PL Photography Limited is available for licensing today.
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