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Payloads arrive at Endeavour's launch pad
BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: March 22, 2011
The canister holding the 30,000 pounds of payload for shuttle Endeavour's final flight is suspended in the launch pad gantry for unloading into the cleanroom as viewed in this gallery of photos.
Endeavour will deliver and install the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer science experiment and another pallet of spare parts to the International Space Station.
Photos by Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now
Photos by Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now
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