STS-133 CTC LIFTO TO ELC-3

STS-133 CTC LIFTO TO ELC-3

STS-133 CTC LIFTO TO ELC-3

STS-133 CTC LIFTO TO ELC-3

STS-133 CTC LIFTO TO ELC-3

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a cargo transport container is lifted off the floor of the clean room. The container is being moved toward the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier-3, or ELC-3, on which it will be installed. The ELC-3 and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer are the primary payloads on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. Spare parts, including two S-band communications antennas; a high pressure gas tank; replacement parts for Dextre, the robotic hand on the station; and micrometeoroid debris shields, also will be delivered to the station. Endeavour's launch is targeted for mid-November. For information on the STS-134 mission, visit http:__www.nasa.gov_mission_pages_shuttle_shuttlemissions_sts134_index.html. Photo credit: NASA_Jack Pfaller

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are under way to move a cargo transport container to the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier-3, or ELC-3, on which it will be installed. The ELC-3 and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer are the primary payloads on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. Spare parts, including two S-band communications antennas; a high pressure gas tank; replacement parts for Dextre, the robotic hand on the station; and micrometeoroid debris shields, also will be delivered to the station. Endeavour's launch is targeted for mid-November. For information on the STS-134 mission, visit http:__www.nasa.gov_mission_pages_shuttle_shuttlemissions_sts134_index.html. Photo credit: NASA_Jack Pfaller

S135-E-009332 (18 July 2011) --- This is a view of the space shuttle Atlantis and its Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module during the final day of being docked with the International Space Station. The object connected to the station at right in the grasp of Dextre, a robot hand, is the Cargo Transport Container-2 (CTC-2) which was delivered by JAXA's HTV-2 vehicle earlier in the year. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians prepare to lift the cargo transportation container, or CTC, for installation into a shipping container. The container will be transported to the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima Space Center to begin processing for launch to the International Space Station aboard HTV-2, scheduled for Jan. 20, 2011. HTV-2 is an uncrewed cargo transporter that will be launched by the H-IIB launch vehicle. It is designed to deliver up to 6 tons of supplies, including food, clothes and experiment devices to the space station. Photo credit: NASA_Frankie Martin