Platforms inside the Orbiter Processing Facility Atlantis is towed toward the entrance to the facility.

Framed by work platforms inside the Orbiter Processing Facility, Atlantis is towed toward the entrance to the facility. The orbiter will undergo processing for its next launch, mission STS-122 in December. Atlantis arrived at Kennedy Space Center atop the SCA on July 3 after a three-day, cross-country flight due to fuel stops and weather delays. Touchdown was at 8:27 a.m. EDT. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California on June 22 to end mission STS-117. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton.