NASA Photo ID: S87-26113           File Name: 10060312.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 01/29/87
Title: STS-1 Columbia, OV-102, at KSC LC Pad undergoes preflight processing at night
Description:
Spotlights illuminate the Launch Complex (LC) Pad at the Kennedy Space
Center  (KSC) during preflight operations and servicing of Columbia,
Orbiter Vehicle  (OV) 102.  This timed exposure shows the night operations
prior to the STS-1  mission aboard OV-102.  Lit up against the night time
darkness are OV-102,  its white external tank (ET), and its two solid
rocket boosters (SRBs) atop  the mobile launcher platform.  Cranes appear
in front of the retracted  rotating service structure (RSS) at the left. 
The access arm (catwalk) is   extended from the fixed service structure
(FSS) to OV-102's side hatch.  View  provided by KSC with alternate KSC
number 108-KSC-81PC-138.             
Subject terms:
CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
COLUMBIA (ORBITER)                      
CRANES                                  
DARKNESS                                
EXTERNAL TANKS                          
FLORIDA                                 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
LAUNCHING PADS                          
NIGHT                                   
PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS                    
SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
STS-1                                   
TOWERS                                  

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