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Theme : Space Shuttle - General  (1045 images)

Title : In the Vehicle Assembly Building

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(01/02/2001) -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Space Shuttle Atlantis is viewed from overhead just before beginning rollout to Launch Pad 39A. Atlantis will fly on mission STS-98, the seventh construction flight to the International Space Station. The orbiter will carry in its payload bay the U.S. Laboratory, named Destiny, that will have five system racks already installed inside the module. After delivery of electronics in the lab, electrically powered attitude control for Control Moment Gyroscopes will be activated. Atlantis is scheduled for launch no earlier than Jan. 19, 2001, with a crew of five