Stock Photo - 01/26/2001 __ In the early morning light, Space Shuttle Atlantis makes the turn from the Vehicle Assembly Building onto the crawlerway for the 3.4_mile trek to Launch Pad 39A. The Shuttle has been in the VAB undergoing tests on the solid rocket booster cables. A prior extensive evaluation of NASA’s SRB cable inventory on the shelf revealed conductor damage in four of about 200 cables. Shuttle managers decided to prove the integrity of the system tunnel cables already on Atlantis, causing return of the Shuttle to the VAB a week ago. Launch of Atlantis on STS_98 has been rescheduled to Feb. 7 at 6:11 p.m. EST

Stock Photo: 01/26/2001 -- In the early morning light, Space Shuttle Atlantis makes the turn from the Vehicle Assembly Building onto the crawlerway for the 3.

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