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This is the hangar that currently houses the space shuttle Discovery, which is being prepped for a launch in August (STS-128). Each orbiter has its own assigned hangar nowadays. Once the payload bay doors are closed, and the craft prepared for its flight, the orbiter is towed from this building to the VAB where its fuel tank and SRB's await.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dawn approaches after space shuttle Atlantis completed its historic final journey to Launch Pad 39A from NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building. Atlantis was secured or "hard down," at its seaside launch pad at 3:29 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 1. The milestone move, known as "rollout," paves the way for the launch of the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station, targeted for July 8. STS-135 will be the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program. For more information visit: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135.... Photo credit: NASA/Terry Zaperach
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The radio telescope dish had quite a few firsts in radio Astronomy: www.nrl.navy.mil/accomplishments/astronomy/radio-astronomy/