A newly redesigned External Tank (ET-119) rolls into the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. The tank, which will be used on a future Space Shuttle launch, arrived aboard a barge at the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 Area at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The barge was towed on a 900-mile journey at sea from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans by one of NASAs Solid Rocket Booster Retrieval Ships.
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A newly redesigned External Tank (ET-119) rolls into the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. The tank, which will be used on a future Space Shuttle launch, arrived aboard a barge at the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39 Area at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The barge was towed on a 900-mile journey at sea from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans by one of NASAs Solid Rocket Booster Retrieval Ships.