Express Logistics Carrier Lifted from Atlantis’ Payload Bay

At 6:32 a.m. EST, Space shuttle Atlantis robotic arm operators Leland Melvin and Robert Satcher lifted Express Logistics Carrier 2 out of the shuttle payload bay. The shuttle arm will hand off the carrier to the International Space Station robotic arm, which will install it on the Starboard 3 segment of the station’s truss. The nearly 14,000 pound carrier contains spare equipment that will help prolong the lifetime of the space station.