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Theme : Space Shuttle - General  (1045 images)

Title : Wheels are lowered on the orbiter Atlantis as it hangs suspended by an overhead

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(03/06/2001) -- Wheels are lowered on the orbiter Atlantis as it hangs suspended by an overhead crane in the mate/demate device at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility. Atlantis was removed from the back of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft in the background. Atlantis just returned from California atop the SCA after its Feb. 19 landing at Edwards Air Force Base concluding mission STS-98. The ferry flight began March 1; unfavorable weather conditions kept it on the ground at Altus AFB, Okla., until it could return to Florida. Atlantis will be transported to the Orbiter Processing Facility to prepare it for mission STS-104, the 10th construction flight to the International Space Station, scheduled to launch June 8