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KSC-2009-4819
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space Shuttle Discovery sits on Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after rollback of the rotating service structure, or RSS. The oxygen vent hood, called the “beanie cap,” is positioned above the external fuel tank. It is designed to vent gaseous oxygen vapors away from the shuttle. The rollback is preparation for Discovery’s scheduled 1:36 a.m. EDT liftoff Aug. 25 on the STS-128 mission with a crew of seven. First motion was at 5:06 a.m.
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Credit lineKSC-2009-4819. NASA/KSC, 2009-08-24. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-4819.
