# STS-79 rollout

- By: NASA/KSC
- Date: Taken on 20 August 1996
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-96PC997 grin.hq.nasa.gov at the Wayback Machine jpg at the Wayback Machine
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS-79_rollout.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/b/b7/STS-79_rollout.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Space Shuttle Atlantis begins the slow journey to Launch Pad 39A from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in preparation for the launch of STS-79 in 16 September 1996. This dramatic view looking directly down onto the shuttle stack atop the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) and crawler-transporter was taken from the VAB roof approximately 525 feet (160 meters) above the ground. In view are the Orbiter, orange External Tank and twin white Solid Rocket Boosters.