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Photo gallery: Atlantis travels from hangar to VAB BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: February 7, 2007 Space shuttle Atlantis emerged from its hangar at 6:19 a.m. EST February 7 for the quarter-mile trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center's Complex 39. Atlantis will be joined to its external fuel tank and twin solid rockets inside the VAB before rolling out to launch pad 39A. Liftoff carrying a power module to the space station is targeted for March 15. Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now
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The documentary "Research Project: X-15" looks at the rocketplane program that flew to the edge of space in the effort to learn about the human ability to fly at great speeds and aircraft design to sustain such flights.
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ATLANTIS LEAVES HANGAR AT DAWN 