Space shuttle structure

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Under a clear blue sky, Space Shuttle Discovery is ready for launch of mission STS-116 from Launch Pad 39B. Atop the fixed service structure at left looms the 80-foot-high lightning mast, part of the lightning protection system on the pad. Beneath Discovery's wings are the tail masts, which provide several umbilical connections to the orbiter, including a liquid-oxygen line through one and a liquid-hydrogen line through another. Seen above the golden external…

See more: www.launchphotography.com/STS-135.html For the last time in history, a space shuttle goes vertical. Atlantis, the orbiter for the final space shuttle mission, STS-135, is rotated to the vertical position and hoisted for attachment to the booster rockets that will take it into space.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad | Space shuttle Atlanti… | Flickr

A NASA jumbo jet that for more than three decades ferried space shuttles across the United States is now being prepared for its own move, thanks to new support from the aerospace company that originally built the iconic 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA).

#STS135 Atlantis' payload was being lifted up into the pad's structure while the sun rose this morning.

STS-135 Atlantis: FINAL Space Shuttle launch & mission photos

NASA Space Shuttle. Vintage old blue grid blueprint (Vertical - English) Front, side, top and rear views.

Space Shuttle Discovery

A side-by-side comparison of the space shuttle and a heavy-lift rocket concept. Credit: NASA

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The transportation canister carrying the STS-135 payload is lifted toward the payload changeout room on Launch Pad 39A's rotating service structure.