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KSC-2010-2980
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the mobile launcher platform supporting space shuttle Atlantis has been secured over the flame trench on the pad's pedestals. The pad has six stationary and four extensible pedestals. Atlantis' first motion on its 3.4-mile trip from the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 11:31 p.m. EDT April 21. The shuttle was secured, or 'hard down,' on the pad at 6:03 a.m. April 22.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-2010-2980. NASA/KSC, 2010-04-22. Public domain. ID: 2010-2980.