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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the massive open door of the Vehicle Assembly Building welcomes External Tank-138.The external fuel tank arrived in Florida on July 13, from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. ET-138, the last newly manufactured tank, was originally designated to fly on Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the International Space Station, but later reassigned to fly on space shuttle Atlantis' final mission, STS-135. For information, visit www.nasa.gov_shuttle. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

Photographer NASA_Jim Grossmann
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