KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The redesigned external fuel tank, designated ET-118, rolls into the open door of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Inside, it will be lifted into a checkout cell for further work . The tank arrived at KSC aboard the Pegasus barge after a journey from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. ET-118, which will fly with many major safety changes, including the removal of the protuberance air load ramps, will launch Space Shuttle Atlantis on the next space shuttle mission, STS-115. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date June 9, 2006