Atlantis docked with the ISS and delivered and installed the first starboard side (S1) outboard solar array truss segment,
a massive 45-foot-long, 15-foot-wide component massing 28,776 pounds!
Click here to read more about the STS-112 Mission to the ISS!
Close-up photo of the three main engines before liftoff. Each engine produces 393,800lb of thrust!
Liftoff at 3:45:51pm EDT. Each SRB produces 3,300,000lb of thrust!
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