Fuel Tank Ready For Final Space Shuttle Flight

The huge external fuel tank for NASA's final space shuttle mission was prepared for delivery to its Florida launch site Thursday, accompanied by a brass band and hundreds of handkerchief-waving workers celebrating its completion as the U.S. space agency winds down its 30-year shuttle program. Lying on its side, the 154-foot (47-meter) fuel tank was rolled out of its processing center here at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility to a waiting barge for the 900-mile (1,448-km) sea journey to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. More

(Source: Space.com - Jul 10)