Shuttle Atlantis moves to VAB, but only for storage

BY JUSTIN RAY
SPACEFLIGHT NOW

Posted: January 22, 2012


The ground support team backs the space shuttle orbiter Atlantis tail-first into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The ship will spend two months in the VAB for storage until Discovery vacates one of the two available shuttle hangars.

Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now

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