NASA Photo ID: S88-43898          File Name: 10062871.jpg

Film Type: 4x5 CN                 Date Taken: 08/09/88

Title: STS-26 Discovery, OV-103, rolls out of KSC VAB into darkness of the night

Description:

STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, mated with the external tank
(ET)  and solid rocket boosters (SRBs), rolls out of Kennedy Space Center's
(KSC's)  vehicle assembly building (VAB). This high angle view looks almost
directly  down of OV-103, ET, and SRBs nose cones and the mobile launch
pad).  OV-103  atop the mobile launch pad and crawler transporter begins
its slow exit from  VAB en route to launch complex (LC) pad 39B.  The move
began shortly after  midnight on the nation's 212th birthday.  Ceremonies
marking the event were  held later during daylight hours.  A wisp of fog or
smoke is illuminated by  spot lights just behind shuttle stack.  View
provided by KSC with alternate  number KSC-88PC-695.