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Discovery hoisted high in assembly building
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW

Posted: September 10, 2010


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Technicians raised the shuttle Discovery from the floor of the Vehicle Assembly Building beginning around 3 a.m. EDT Friday.

The 100-ton spaceplane was hoisted high above the building's transfer aisle, over the transom and into High Bay 3. A heavy-duty crane gently lowered Discovery into place next to its external tank and solid rocket boosters around 5:30 a.m.

Discovery is being readied for its final launch Nov. 1 to the International Space Station.

Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now














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