Thursday, July 1, 2010

Last external tank completed

NEW ORLEANS, La. - NASA and Lockheed Martin Space Systems will hold a ceremony at 9 a.m. CDT on July 8 to commemorate 37 years of tank deliveries and the final external tank's rollout. The last shuttle flight, STS 134, is scheduled for February 2011. The tank was completed June 25 by Lockheed Martin workers at Michoud Assembly Facility. It will travel by barge to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 900 miles away. (Source: NASA, 06/30/10)