Tuesday, May 17, 2011

In preparation for being transported to the VAB to undergo STS-135 launch preparations, Atlantis emerges from her OPF at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on May 17, 2011.
NASA / Jack Pfaller

IMAGES OF THE DAY... Earlier this morning, Atlantis was brought out of her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) to be transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida...where she will be mated with her external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters for flight STS-135. Launch is targeted for mid-July. Atlantis' return to Earth 12 days later will mark the end of the 30-year-old space shuttle program.

Kennedy Space Center workers take a group photo with space shuttle Atlantis during her rollover to the VAB, on May 17, 2011.
NASA / Jack Pfaller

Space shuttle Atlantis is about to enter the VAB to begin STS-135 launch preparations on May 17, 2011.
NASA / Jack Pfaller
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