CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Jay Jay Rail Yard in Titusville, Fla., the NASA Railroad train is ready to carry the last space shuttle solid rocket booster segments into NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The white railings on the orange spacer cars ensure clearance on their journey. Six cars transported the segments along the Florida East Coast Railway, which began at the ATK solid rocket booster plant in Promontory, Utah. The booster segments will be used for shuttle Atlantis on what currently is planned as the 'launch on need,' or potential rescue mission for the final shuttle flight, Endeavour's STS-134 mission. For information, visit www.nasa.gov_shuttle. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann
Photographer NASA_Jim Grossmann
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