CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After being offloaded from the Pegasus barge at the turn basin dock, the external fuel tank for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission to the International Space Station is transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building, seen behind it, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The tank arrived earlier after a six-day ocean voyage towed by a solid rocket booster retrieval ship from the Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. The tank will be transported to the VAB transfer aisle, lifted and lowered into a checkout cell. The STS-126 mission will deliver a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 10. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date August 11, 2008