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Space Shuttle Discovery moves toward the launch pad

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sts11-41001

Date

2006-05-11

(04/06/2005) --- Space Shuttle Discovery lingers at the foot of Launch Pad 39B in the evening twilight. First motion from the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 2:04 p.m. EDT April 6, and the Shuttle was hard down on the pad at 1:16 a.m. EDT April 7. The Shuttle sits atop a Mobile Launcher Platform transported by a Crawler-Transporter underneath.