KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atop the massive mobile launcher platform and crawler-transporter, Space Shuttle Atlantis, accompanied by storks, rolls slowly toward Launch Pad 39A. First motion out of the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 8:19 a.m. In the foreground is the American flag and mission countdown clock near the NASA News Center. The 3.4-mile trip to the pad along the crawlerway will take about 6 hours. The mission payload aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis is the S3/S4 integrated truss structure, along with a third set of solar arrays and batteries. The crew of six astronauts will install the truss to continue assembly of the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for March 15. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date February 15, 2007