CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a view of space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay is captured through the window of the flight deck. In the payload bay, at left, is the robotic arm of the shuttle's remote manipulator system (RMS). Preparations are under way for the shuttle's final power down during Space Shuttle Program transition and retirement activities. Atlantis is being prepared for public display in 2013 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date December 22, 2011