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APOD from 2008-02-09
Atlantis on Pad 39A
Lightning illuminates the Rotating Service Structure and Space Shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy's launch pad 39A. Tiny silhouetted figures highlight its size. The RSS, retracted for STS-122's launch, allows access to Atlantis, carrying ESA's Columbus lab to the ISS with three spacewalks planned.
HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080209.html
Atlantis on Pad 39A
Lightning illuminates the Rotating Service Structure and Space Shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy's launch pad 39A. Tiny silhouetted figures highlight its size. The RSS, retracted for STS-122's launch, allows access to Atlantis, carrying ESA's Columbus lab to the ISS with three spacewalks planned.
HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080209.html