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KSC-05PD-1705
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — In a pond near Launch Pad 39B, an alligator lurks near the tall grass. Nearby is Space Shuttle Discovery, in full launch configuration after rollback of the Rotating Service Structure (RSS). Rollback of the RSS is a major preflight milestone, typically occurring during the T-11-hour hold on L-1 (the day before launch). Discovery is scheduled to lift off on the historic Return to Flight mission STS-114 at 10:39 a.m. EDT July 26 with a crew of seven.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-05PD-1705. NASA/KSC, 2005-07-25. Public domain. ID: 05pd1705.
