Space shuttle Atlantis’ move to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is under way. First motion of Atlantis out of Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building was at 6:38 a.m. EDT. The 3.4 mile trip, known as rollout, is expected to take about six hours.
Atlantis and its six astronauts are targeted to launch Nov. 12 on the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station.