| STS-121: Shuttle Discovery welcomed inside Vehicle Assembly Building |
Posted: May 12, 2006
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Space shuttle Discovery pulled into the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building following the hour-long drive from the processing hangar. The 52-story VAB is where the ship will be mated to the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters before rolling to launch pad 39B. |  |
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| STS-121: Walking along with Discovery |
Posted: May 12, 2006
Duration: 4 min 40 sec
Kennedy Space Center employees and officials escorted Discovery during the short trip between the hangar and assembly building. You can walk along, virtually speaking, in this movie taken during the roll. |  |
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| STS-121: Space shuttle Discovery begins milestone move |
Posted: May 12, 2006
Duration: 5 min 19 sec
Just after 11 a.m. on May 12, space shuttle Discovery began its move out of the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 for the milestone transfer to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Discovery had spent nearly nine months undergoing pre-flight preps inside the hangar. |  |
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| STS-121: Time-lapse of shuttle Discovery arriving inside VAB |
Posted: May 12, 2006
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Perched atop a trailer-like transporter, space shuttle Discovery arrives inside the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building for mating to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters in preparation for the STS-121 mission. This time-lapse movie from a camera within the VAB condenses 20 minutes of footage. |  |
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| STS-121: Time-lapse of shuttle Discovery's departure from hangar |
Posted: May 12, 2006
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Watch space shuttle Discovery depart Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 for the quarter-mile trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building in this time-lapse movie. About 32 minutes of video from a camera mounted atop the hangar is condensed two-and-a-half minutes as the Discovery travels aboard a 76-wheel transporter. |  |
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