CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers carefully guide the crawler-transporter into position on Launch Pad 39A. Space shuttle Atlantis, not in view, towers above them as it nears the end of its 3.4-mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building, known as rollout. First motion was at 6:38 a.m. EDT Oct. 14. The rollout took about six hours, and the shuttle was secure on the pad at 1:31 p.m. Liftoff of Atlantis on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for Nov. 12. For information on the STS-129 mission and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date October 14, 2009