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KSC-06pd2046
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Space Shuttle Atlantis is in the spotlight on Launch Pad 39B. Atlantis was originally scheduled to launch at 12:29 p.m. EDT on this date, but a 24-hour scrub was called by mission managers due to a concern with Fuel Cell 1. Seen poised above the orange external tank is the vent hood (known as the "beanie cap") at the end of the gaseous oxygen vent arm. Vapors are created as the liquid oxygen in the external tank boil off.
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Credit lineKSC-06pd2046. NASA/KSC, 2006-09-06. Public domain. ID: KSC-06pd2046.
