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Space Shuttle Atlantis Rolled Out, Then Put Back In Hangar

POSTED: 5:05 p.m. EST February 25, 2003

Space Shuttle Atlantis briefly moved out of the Vehicle Assembly building on its mobile launch platform Tuesday but was rolled back into the hangar, according to Local 6 News.

Atlantis was scheduled to fly to the International Space Station March 1 but has been grounded because of the Columbia disaster.

On Feb. 1, the day of the accident, Atlantis was just three days away from moving out to its seaside launch pad, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.

The giant crawler that carries the shuttle rolled out of the giant hangar then returned to another bay. That bay has cranes that will be able to detach Atlantis from her orange external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters.

In about 10 days, Atlantis will move over to a smaller processing hangar minus the fuel tank and boosters, Florida Today reported.

NASA said Atlantis and sister ships Discovery and Endeavour will remain grounded until an investigation is complete.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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