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The Space Shuttle Gallery

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<< 10/12 < > 10. KSC-95PC-0669 (05/11/1995) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery slowly and carefully makes the 4.2-mile (6.8 kilometer) trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building, background at right, to Launch Pad 39B on its Mobile Launcher Platform carried by the Crawler Transporter. Pad 39A, with the Shapce Shuttle Atlantic poised for liftoff, is in background at left. Discovery is scheduled to fly first, on STS-70 targeted for June 8. Atlantis' mission, STS-71, is scheduled no earlier than June 22.

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