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There’s no rest for the wicked as just over two days since the end of the Discovery flight, the Space Shuttle Atlantis - framed by a Stars & Stripes - makes its way to Launch Pad 39A on a breezy Florida morning. The crawler transporter has a top speed of one mile per hour and first motion out of the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 4:43 a.m. Rollout is a milestone for Atlantis' launch to the ISS on mission STS-122, targeted for Dec. 6. On this mission, Atlantis will deliver & install the Columbus module.

Credit: NASA/JPL