At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis approaches Launch Pad 39A, at left, on its 3.4-mile trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building. First motion was at 6:38 a.m. EDT Oct. 14. The move, 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