A crane is being used to move the right orbital maneuvering system OMS pod away from space shuttle Atlantis.

Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a large crane is being used to move the right orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pod away from space shuttle Atlantis.

The work is part of the Space Shuttle Program’s transition and retirement processing of shuttle Atlantis. Both OMS pods will be removed and sent to White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico where they will undergo a complete deservicing and cleaning and then be returned to Kennedy for reinstallation on Atlantis. Atlantis is being prepared for display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis