KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers are attaching an overhead crane to external tank No. 117 in order to lift it to a vertical position. Once vertical, the tank will be lifted into the checkout cell in high bay 2 for processing. ET-117 arrived aboard the Pegasus barge after its voyage around the Florida Peninsula from the Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. The tank is slated for mission STS-118, which is targeted for launch in early August. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date May 1, 2007