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Ref : S07926
Theme :
Testings - Satellites - Probes - Rockets (2314 images)
Title : From inside the Payload Changeout Room
Caption :
(03/05/2001) -- From inside the Payload Changeout Room, Launch Pad 39B, a technician monitors the closing of the payload bay doors in Space Shuttle Discovery. Visible is the Integrated Cargo Carrier at top and the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo below. Discovery is scheduled to launch March 8 at 6:42 a.m. EST on STS-102, the eighth construction flight to the International Space Station. The primary delivery system used to resupply and return Station cargo requiring a pressurized environment, Leonardo will deliver up to 10 tons of laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies for outfitting the newly installed U.S. Laboratory Destiny
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