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This image shows an aerial view of space shuttle tank ET-138 as it rolls out at Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana.
Commemorating 37 years of successful tank deliveries, NASA and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company will hold a ceremony on Thursday, July 8, at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to rollout the final external tank for the last space shuttle flight.
The last external tank scheduled to fly on a shuttle mission was completed on June 25 by Lockheed Martin workers at Michoud. The tank, designated ET-138, will travel on a wheeled transporter one mile to the Michoud barge dock. It will be accompanied by the Storyville Stompers, a traditional area brass band, and hundreds of handkerchief-waving employees in typical New Orleans fashion and spirit during the ceremony. ET-138 will then travel on a 900-mile sea journey to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it will support shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 launch.
Michoud Space Systems workers, of Lockheed Martin Corporation, Littleton, Colo., have delivered 135 flight tanks to NASA during the 25 years of flying the space shuttle.
Learn more:
www.nasa.gov/topics/shuttle_station/features/et138_rollou...
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rvrich 35 months ago | reply
I never imagined that the external tank has a custom designed ship to carry it to Kennedy Space Center. Amazing concept & photo!
CapitalgCapitals 35 months ago | reply
I did not know that...!! Sweet info and always excellent shots...!!