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Carried atop an orbiter transporter, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis rolls out of Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) Bay 3, in background, enroute to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). This photo was taken from the roof of the VAB. The rollover of the orbiter was one of the prelaunch milestones for any shuttle flight. Atlantis was being readied for her next mission, STS-86, which was targeted for a September 1997 launch. STS-86 was the seventh of nine planned dockings of the Space Shuttle orbiter with the Russian Space Station Mir.