Public domain
KSC-05pd-1502
From the collection of NASA Image and Video Library. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Lights on Launch Pad 39B put Space Shuttle Discovery in the spotlight after the rollback of the Rotating Service Structure (at left). The Space Shuttle sits on the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP), which is 25 ft. high, 160 ft. long and 135 ft. wide. An MLP weighs 8,230,000 pounds. At the launch pad, with a fueled Shuttle on the 6-inch-thick decks, it weighs approximately12,700,000 pounds. There are three exhaust openings in the main deck of an MLP.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-05pd-1502. NASA/KSC, 2005-07-12. Public domain. ID: 05pd1502.
