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		Orbiter: Atlantis Mission: STS-115 Launch: Sept. 9, 2006 Time: 11:15 a.m. EDT (1515 GMT) Site: Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida Landing: Sept. 21 @ 6:21 a.m. EDT (1021 GMT) Site: Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC Earlier Mission Coverage Mission Status Center Shuttle Launch Schedule Master Flight Plan NASA TV Schedule Launch Countdown STS-115 Quick-Look Launch Windows Chart Ascent Data Packet Rendezvous Timeline Key Personnel List Shuttle Flight History Launch/Landing Chart STS-121 Archive STS-114 Archive

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New solar array truss pulled from shuttle cargo bay
BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: September 11, 2006

This collection of images shows the Port 3/Port 4 solar array truss being hoisted out of Atlantis' payload bay by the shuttle's robot arm and then handed off to the space station's arm. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now

Additional coverage for subscribers:
VIDEO: TRUSS HANDED FROM SHUTTLE ARM TO STATION ARM PLAY
VIDEO: ARM MANEUVERS TRUSS OVER SHUTTLE WING PLAY
VIDEO: TRUSS SLOWLY LIFTED OUT OF PAYLOAD BAY PLAY
VIDEO: ATLANTIS' ARM GRAPPLES THE TRUSS PLAY
VIDEO: TODAY'S MISSION STATUS BRIEFING DIAL-UP | BROADBAND
VIDEO: ATLANTIS WELCOMED ABOARD THE STATION PLAY
VIDEO: DOCKING REPLAY FROM CAMERA ON SHUTTLE ARM PLAY
VIDEO: SHUTTLE ATLANTIS DOCKS TO THE STATION PLAY
VIDEO: ATLANTIS' BREATH-TAKING FLIP MANEUVER PLAY
VIDEO: CREW'S CAMCORDER FOOTAGE OF EXTERNAL TANK PLAY
VIDEO: NARRATED ANIMATION PREVIEWING TRUSS UNBERTHING PLAY
VIDEO: NARRATED ANIMATION PREVIEWING THE DOCKING PLAY
VIDEO: NARRATED ANIMATION OF PAYLOAD BAY CONFIGURATION PLAY
MORE: STS-115 VIDEO COVERAGE
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