KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crawler-transporter that carried Space Shuttle Atlantis and the mobile launcher platform back to Launch Pad 39B begins moving out from under the platform. It will return to its parking spot near the Vehicle Assembly Building. The shuttle had been moved off the launch pad due to concerns about the impact of Tropical Storm Ernesto, expected within 24 hours. The forecast of lesser winds expected from Ernesto and its projected direction convinced Launch Integration Manager LeRoy Cain and Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach to return the shuttle to the launch pad. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date August 29, 2006