NASA Photo ID: S88-52901          File Name: 10063055.gif 
 
Film Type: 120 CN                 Date Taken: 11/16/88 
 
Title: STS-27 Atlantis, OV-104, ET/SRB mating operations at KSC VAB 
 
Description: 
 
STS-27 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, is suspended via overhead crane,  
attached at four points, in the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Vehicle Assembly  
Building (VAB).  Below OV-104 on the mobile launcher platform are the  
external tank (ET) and solid rocket boosters (SRBs).  During ET/SRB mating  
operations, OV-104 will be mounted atop the ET.