Final Shuttle Tank Gets New Orleans Send-Off
July 14, 2010
The last external fuel tank scheduled to fly on a space shuttle mission was rolled away July 8 from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in preparation for its 900-mile sea journey to the Kennedy Space Center
in Florida. credit: NASA
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Spaceflight, Human spaceflight, Space exploration, MV Freedom Star, MPTA-ET, Michoud, Louisiana, Space Shuttle, Michoud Assembly Facility, Space Shuttle program, Florida, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New Orleans, Kennedy Space Center