COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Kennedy Center Media Archive Collection
Record
Description:
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis, riding atop the modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, departed Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 1:53 p.m. on Nov. 11 en route to Palmdale, Calif., for the planned Orbiter Maintenance Down Period. Atlantis departed from KSC?s Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 33 for Palmdale?s Orbiter Assembly Facility, where it will remain until August 1998. At Palmdale, modifications and structural inspections will be conducted in preparation for Atlantis? future missions to support International Space Station assembly activities. Atlantis? next flight into space is scheduled to be Space Shuttle mission STS-92, targeted for launch from KSC in January 1999
Release Date:
11/11/1997
Photo Credit:
NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Release:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Florida
facet_when:
11-11-1997
facet_when_year:
1997
Photo Number:
KSC-97PC-1667
UID:
SPD-KSCMA-KSC-97PC-1667
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