The newly-arrived external tank for the planned Aug. 28 launch of shuttle Atlantis is undergoing inspections in the checkout cell of the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building.The tank arrived late last week. Technicians will have to replace suspect fuel gauges in the bottom of the tank, but that work should be completed in time to send Atlantis aloft on a mission to resume assembly of the International Space Station.
Image note: Click to enlarge the NASA photo of the 15-story tank being lifted by the world's most talented crane operators. The image was shot by veteran KSC photographer George Shelton.
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