Sunday, June 22, 2008

External Tank in VAB


Preparing to lift the Tank to Vertical


Lifting Tank


Solid rockets are attached


Engines are attached to solids


Engines are attached to the shuttle in the shuttle processing facility





shuttle in sling rady for lift in VAB


Shuttle has been moved to VAB and will be attached to external Tank



Shuttle is attached





Payload preparation room


Cargo Package for ISS


New module for ISS


Payload ready to be moved to the launch pad



Payload carrier leaves PPR



Payload being moved to launch pad



Lifting payload into position for insertion into discovery when it arrives at the pad




Shuttle Discovery Leaves VAB



Shuttle and Crawler



Crawler Control



Discovery arrives at pad





Ready for launch


Lift off