NASA Photo ID: S88-37367          File Name: 10063049.gif 
 
Film Type: 4x5 CN                 Date Taken: 05/16/88 
 
Title: STS-27 external tank (ET) transfer into KSC's VAB 
 
Description: 
 
STS-27 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, external tank (ET) is moved into  
Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) following 
its  ocean trip via barge.  The tank is 154 feet long, 27.5 feet in 
diameter,  and holds a total of 1,585,379 pounds of liquid oxygen and 
liquid hydrogen  fuel - fuel which is used by the orbiter's main engines 
during launch.  The  empty burnt orange colored tank weighs 1,667,877 
pounds and is the only piece  of flight hardware not recovered for reuse.  
View provided by KSC with the  alternate number KSC-88PC-208.