External Tank ET-120 Headed to Kennedy Space Center
ET-120. Image credit: Lockheed Martin |
by Staff Writers
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 26, 2007
Space shuttle external tank ET-120 is en route to the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., after being loaded onto an enclosed barge July 24 for shipment from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The tank is being towed by a tug during the approximately 850-mile journey and is expected to arrive at the Kennedy Center July 29. ET-120 is slated to fly on the STS-120 mission, targeted for October 2007.
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