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Photo: Space shuttle Discovery is transported to launchpad
Photo: Space shuttle Discovery is transported to launchpadPhoto: Space shuttle AtlantisPhoto: Space shuttle Discovery touches down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, FloridaPhoto: Liftoff of space shuttle AtlantisPhoto: Liftoff of space shuttle DiscoveryPhoto: A space shuttle is ferried to Florida by a 747 airplanePhoto: Space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russia's Mir space stationPhoto: Space shuttle Columbia
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Space shuttles travel to the launchpad on a big vehicle called a crawler transporter. This one is carrying the shuttle Discovery. The crawler transporter moves very slowly, and it takes about five hours to get the shuttle to the launchpad.
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Photo: Astronaut Mae C. Jemison

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