CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Sunrise breaks on the mate/demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Space shuttle Atlantis will be lifted from the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, underneath and lowered to the ground. Atlantis returned from California atop the SCA after its May 24 landing at Edwards Air Force Base, concluding mission STS-125. The ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base began June 1. Atlantis' next assignment is the STS-129 mission, targeted to launch in November 2009. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date June 3, 2009