In the Vehicle Assembly Building secured to its mobile launcher platform rolls out of High Bay 1.

In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis, secured to its mobile launcher platform, slowly rolls out of High Bay 1. First motion was at 6:38 a.m. EDT Oct. 14. The 3.4-mile trip, known as rollout, is expected to take about six hours.

Liftoff of Atlantis on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for Nov. 12. For information on the STS-129 mission and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett