Space Shuttle Atlantis moves past palm trees on its way back to the Vehicle Assembly Building from Launch Pad 39A.

Space Shuttle Atlantis moves past palm trees on its way back to the Vehicle Assembly Building from Launch Pad 39A. Atlantis is rolling back to the VAB from Launch Pad 39A. In the VAB workers will conduct inspections, make continuity checks and conduct X-ray analysis on the 36 solid rocket booster cables located inside each booster’s external system tunnel. An extensive evaluation of NASA’s SRB cable inventory revealed conductor damage in four (of about 200) cables on the shelf. Shuttle managers decided to prove the integrity of the system tunnel cables already on Atlantis before launching. The launch has been rescheduled no earlier than Feb. 6