The World's Largest Public Domain Media Search Engine
STS-128 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

Similar

STS-128 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-128 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Cameras are prepared to record the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from Launch Pad 39A following sunrise on a cloudy Florida day. Rollback of the pad's rotating service structure, or RSS, is one of the milestones in preparation for the launch of mission STS-117 on June 8. Rollback started at 10:56 p.m. EDT June 7 and was complete at 11:34 p.m. The RSS, the massive structure to the left of the shuttle, provides protected access to the orbiter for changeout and servicing of payloads at the pad. The structure is supported by a rotating bridge that pivots about a vertical axis on the side of the pad's flame trench. The hinge column rests on the pad surface and is braced to the fixed service structure. Support for the outer end of the bridge is provided by two eight-wheel, motor-driven trucks that move along circular twin rails installed flush with the pad surface. The track crosses the flame trench on a permanent bridge. The RSS is 102 feet long, 50 feet wide and 130 feet high. The structure has orbiter access platforms at five levels to provide access to the payload bay while the orbiter is being serviced in the RSS. Each platform has independent extendable planks that can be arranged to conform to a payload's configuration. This mission is the 118th shuttle flight and the 21st U.S. flight to the International Space Station and will deliver and install the S3/S4 truss segment, deploy a set of solar arrays and prepare them for operation. Photo credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley KSC-07pd1399

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Cameras are prepared to record the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from Launch Pad 39A following sunrise on a cloudy Florida day. Rollback of the pad's rotating service structure, or RSS, is one of the milestones in preparation for the launch of mission STS-117 on June 8. Rollback started at 10:56 p.m. EDT June 7 and was complete at 11:34 p.m. The RSS, the massive structure to the left of the shuttle, provides protected access to the orbiter for changeout and servicing of payloads at the pad. The structure is supported by a rotating bridge that pivots about a vertical axis on the side of the pad's flame trench. The hinge column rests on the pad surface and is braced to the fixed service structure. Support for the outer end of the bridge is provided by two eight-wheel, motor-driven trucks that move along circular twin rails installed flush with the pad surface. The track crosses the flame trench on a permanent bridge. The RSS is 102 feet long, 50 feet wide and 130 feet high. The structure has orbiter access platforms at five levels to provide access to the payload bay while the orbiter is being serviced in the RSS. Each platform has independent extendable planks that can be arranged to conform to a payload's configuration. This mission is the 118th shuttle flight and the 21st U.S. flight to the International Space Station and will deliver and install the S3/S4 truss segment, deploy a set of solar arrays and prepare them for operation. Photo credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley KSC-07pd1399

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery, atop a mobile launch platform, climbs the five percent grad to the top of the hardstand at Launch Pad 39A. At right, the pad's fixed and mobile service structures are in position to receive it. Discovery arrived at its seaside launch pad around noon and was hard down at 1:15 p.m. First motion out of the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 6:47 a.m. EDT. Rollout is a milestone for Discovery's launch to the International Space Station on mission STS-120, targeted for Oct. 23. The crew will be delivering and installing the Italian-built U.S. Node 2, named Harmony. The pressurized module will act as an internal connecting port and passageway to additional international science labs and cargo spacecraft. In addition to increasing the living and working space inside the station, it also will serve as a work platform outside for the station's robotic arm. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton KSC-07pd2632

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery, atop a mobile launch platform, climbs the five percent grad to the top of the hardstand at Launch Pad 39A. At right, the pad's fixed and mobile service structures are in position to receive it. Discovery arrived at its seaside launch pad around noon and was hard down at 1:15 p.m. First motion out of the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 6:47 a.m. EDT. Rollout is a milestone for Discovery's launch to the International Space Station on mission STS-120, targeted for Oct. 23. The crew will be delivering and installing the Italian-built U.S. Node 2, named Harmony. The pressurized module will act as an internal connecting port and passageway to additional international science labs and cargo spacecraft. In addition to increasing the living and working space inside the station, it also will serve as a work platform outside for the station's robotic arm. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton KSC-07pd2632

Space Shuttle Endeavour on Launch Pad

Space Shuttle Endeavour on Launch Pad

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The rotating service structure has closed around space shuttle Endeavour, with only the tip of the external tank showing in this view. To its left is the fixed service structure with the lightning mast on top. Endeavour is being prepared for launch on the STS-123 mission targeted for March 11. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-08pd0358

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The rotating service structure has closed around space shuttle Endeavour, with only the tip of the external tank showing in this view. To its left is the fixed service structure with the lightning mast on top. Endeavour is being prepared for launch on the STS-123 mission targeted for March 11. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-08pd0358

Aerials - STS-133 Discovery on Pad 39A, LEED Bldg., VAB Aerials

Aerials - STS-133 Discovery on Pad 39A, LEED Bldg., VAB Aerials

STS-128 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

description

Summary

Description: SEQUENTIAL STILL COVERAGE OF LIFTOFF. FRAME VEHICLE AND LAUNCHER PLUS ONE VEHICLE LENGTH.

Item: DD078-39A

Date Taken: 8/28/2009

Image Type: DIGITAL STILLS
STS128 LAUNCH AND LANDING

label_outline

Tags

nasa
sts 128 discovery
launch and landing
high resolution
ultra high resolution
one vehicle length
frame vehicle
digital stills sts 128
launch pad
spacecraft
rocket launch
space program
date_range

Date

25/07/2005 - 21/07/2011
create

Source

The U.S. National Archives
link

Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known copyright restrictions

Explore more

nasa
nasa
sts 128 discovery
sts 128 discovery
launch and landing
launch and landing
high resolution
high resolution
ultra high resolution
ultra high resolution
one vehicle length
one vehicle length
frame vehicle
frame vehicle
digital stills sts 128
digital stills sts 128
launch pad
launch pad
spacecraft
spacecraft
rocket launch
rocket launch
space program
space program