Description:
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The early morning light reveals STS-95 Space Shuttle Discovery, on the Mobile Launch Platform, on its 6-hour, 4.2-mile trek to Launch Complex Pad 39B from the Vehicle Assembly Building. To the left is the Fixed Service Structure that provides access to the orbiter and the Rotating Service Structure. In the background is th eelevated water tank that helps reduce sound levels during launch. At the launch pad, the orbiter, external tank and solid rocket boosters will undergo final preparations for the launch, scheduled to lift off Oct. 29. The mission includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as the SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process
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Release Date:
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09/21/1998
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Photo Credit:
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NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Release:
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
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facet_what:
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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facet_where:
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Florida
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facet_when:
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09-21-1998
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facet_when_year:
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1998
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Photo Number:
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KSC-98PC-1105
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UID:
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SPD-KSCMA-KSC-98PC-1105
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original url:
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http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=1562
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