by APOD Robot » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:00 am
Discovery Rollout Shadow
Explanation: Who goes there? Although the spotlighted figure in white might not be identifiable by itself, surely the huge shadow behind it makes its identity clear: the
space shuttle. Specifically, it was the
space shuttle Discovery being rolled out last March in preparation for launch. As
captured above, an unusual
monstrous shadow on passing fog was created during a picturesque night unveiling. While on the
shuttle Crawler-Transporter, one of the
largest tracked vehicles on Earth, the shuttle moved at about 2 km per hour from the main assembly building to the launch pad at NASA's
Kennedy Space Center in
Florida,
USA. About a month later, in its penultimate planned mission,
Discovery roared off the launch pad and
delivered needed supplies and equipment to the
International Space Station. Yesterday, Discovery reached
Launch Pad 39A in preparation for its
last planned mission.
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