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KSC-2009-4867
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers begin closing the Rotating Service Structure, or RSS, around space shuttle Discovery in order to replace the Tyvek covers protecting the shuttle's nose thrusters. The service structure provides weather protection and access to the space shuttle at the launch pad. First motion was at approximately 4:15 p.m. EDT. The work to cover the thrusters is expected to take six to seven hours.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-2009-4867. NASA/KSC, 2009-08-27. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-4867.
