
This is the enormous structure that rotates around the vertical hinge on the right to mate with the space shuttle before launch. The RSS gives clean access to the Shuttle’s Payload Bay for preparing each mission payload before flight, protecting it from the elements, and shielding the Shuttle from winds up to 110 km/hr.
The retractable arm on the upper right connects the astronaut’s white room, perched out in the sky above with the shuttle.



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