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Universe Today photographer Alan Walters was on hand at Kennedy Space Center today to see the arrival of ET-138, the external tank for the final scheduled space shuttle mission, STS-134. Enjoy this gallery of images, (because it is something that might only happen one more time...). There was also a surprise drive-by of some segments of used shuttle solid rocket boosters.
[caption id="attachment_68508" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Arrival of ET-138 at KSC. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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[caption id="attachment_68512" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Arrival of ET-138 at KSC. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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[caption id="attachment_68509" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Arrival of ET-138 at KSC. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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[caption id="attachment_68510" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Arrival of ET-138 at KSC. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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[caption id="attachment_68511" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Arrival of ET-138 at KSC. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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[caption id="attachment_68514" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Closeup of ET-138 at KSC. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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[caption id="attachment_68515" align="aligncenter" width="512" caption="Arrival of ET-138 at KSC. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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[caption id="attachment_68519" align="aligncenter" width="512" caption="Arrival of ET-138 at KSC. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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[caption id="attachment_68516" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Used SRB sections drive past while ET-138 is being unloaded at KSC. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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[caption id="attachment_68517" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Used SRB sections drive past while ET-138 is being unloaded at KSC. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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[caption id="attachment_68518" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Kennedy's External Tank/Solid Rocket Booster Vehicle Manager Alicia Mendoza is interviewed at KSC on July 14, 2010. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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[caption id="attachment_68520" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Closeup of the nose of ET-138. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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[caption id="attachment_68521" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="ET-138 arrives at the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today"]
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