Spaceflight Now STS-108


Handrails accidentally not removed from launch pad
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: December 4, 2001

Snapshot
A set of temporary handrails on the mobile launcher platform right below Endeavour's vertical stabilizer tail were not removed as planned. So a three-person team will be dispatched to launch pad 39B to remove the railing. Photo: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now
 

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