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After rollback of the Rotating Service
Structure on Launch Pad 39A, the top of Space Shuttle Columbia's
external tank and solid rocket booster are bathed in sunlight. Shadows
from the Fixed Service Structure stretch across the Shuttle and
landscape. Visible are the orbiter access arm with the White Room
extended to Columbia's cockpit, and at the top, the gaseous oxygen
vent arm and cap, called the "beanie cap." Columbia is scheduled for
launch Jan. 16 at 10:39 a.m. EST on mission STS-107, a research
mission.