Pre-Flight Activities, Rarely Seen by the General Public
These photos deserve a wide viewing audience: the amount of thought and engineering that goes into every launch is immense; each successful take-off represents the Mankind's finest effort, and is a wonder to behold.
External tank arrives by barge from louisiana
External tank approches vertical Assembly building (VAB)
Removing External tank
Preparing to lift the tank vertical
lifting the tank
solid Rocket are attched
Oribiter: External tank with solid Rocket boosters (SRB)
Engins are attched to the shuttle in the Orbiter processing facility
Shuttle in sling ready for lift in VAB
Shuttle has been moved to VAB and will be attched to external tank
Shuttle is attched
Payload prepration in space station processing facility
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