Space Shuttle Discovery Ops

Images featuring the Space Shuttle Discovery during assembly and preparation for launch at the Kennedy Space Center. Industrial and engineering focus.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  Workers in the Vehicle Assembly Building move part of the crane used to raise Discovery from its transporter away from the vehicle.  Still attached to the sling, Discovery will be lifted up into high bay 3 and lowered onto the mobile launcher platform where the external tank and solid rocket boosters are already stacked. Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39B no earlier than Nov. 7 for mission STS-116.  The mission is No. 20 to the International Space Station and construction flight 12A.1. The mission payload is the SPACEHAB module, the P5 integrated truss structure and other key components. The launch window for mission STS-116 opens Dec. 7.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Vehicle Assembly Building move part of the crane used to raise Discovery from its transporter away from the vehicle. Still attached to the sling, Discovery will be lifted up into high bay 3 and lowered onto the mobile launcher platform where the external tank and solid rocket boosters are already stacked. Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39B no earlier than Nov. 7 for mission STS-116. The mission is No. 20 to the International Space Station and construction flight 12A.1. The mission payload is the SPACEHAB module, the P5 integrated truss structure and other key components. The launch window for mission STS-116 opens Dec. 7.