NASA Photo ID: S91-44809 File Name: 10065022.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 08/27/91
Title: STS-48 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rolls out to KSC LC Pad 39A
Description:
STS-48 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, mounted on its external tank
(ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), rolls out to Kennedy
Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A atop the mobile launcher
platform via the crawler transporter. The shuttle stack is reflected in a
nearby waterway as it makes its way down the crawlerway. View provided by
KSC with alternate KSC number KSC-91PC-1472.
Subject terms:
CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX
CRAWLER TRACTORS
DISCOVERY (ORBITER)
EXTERNAL TANKS
FLORIDA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
MORNING
PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS
REFLECTION
SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS
STS-48
SUNRISE
WATERWAYS
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