| NASA Center: |
Kennedy Space Center |
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| Image # : |
95PC-0285 |
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| Date : |
2/8/1995
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Title
STS-67 Rollout
Full Description
A massive 19 million pounds (8.6 million kilograms) of Space Shuttle, support
and transport hardware, inch toward Launch Pad 39A from the Vehicle Assembly
Building. The fully assembled Space Shuttle Endeavour, minus its payloads,
weighs about 4.5 million pounds (2 million kg.); the mobile launch platform on
which it was stacked and from which it will lift off weighs 9.25 million pounds
(4.19 million kg.) and the crawler-transporter carrying the platform and Shuttle
checks in at around 6 million pounds (2.7 million kg.).
Once at the pad, the Shuttle and launch platform will be positioned atop support
columns to complete preparations for the second Shuttle launch of 1995. Primary
payload of Mission STS-67 is the Astro-2 astrophysics observatory, carrying
three ultraviolet telescopes that flew on the Astro-1 mission in 1990. STS-67
also is scheduled to become the longest Shuttle flight to date, lasting 16 days.
Keywords
Endeavour STS-67 Space Shuttle Rollout Vehicle Assembly Building VAB Crawler
Subject Category
Space Shuttle,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
KSC
- Center Number:
95PC-0285
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000775
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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Medium |
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2,058 |
Large |
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2048 |
3072 |
8,034 |
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