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RSS moved waiting for the launch of Discovery

Cape Canaveral, USA - Scheduled for today at 4:50 pm EST

NASA has announced that the RSS, or Rotating Service Structure, which is used as a protection against weather and for the access to the shuttle, which is located on platform number 39 of Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been moved in preparation for the launch of Discovery, scheduled for today, February 24, 2011. The operation took about half an hour. The next operation scheduled...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1126190
Rome, Italy, 02/24/2011 12:03
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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