On Launch Pad 39A, space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay doors are closing. Seen here are the Columbus Laboratory (below), the integrated cargo carrier - lite (middle) and the orbital docking system (above) for the orbiter's December 2007 launch. Credit: NASA/George Shelton.

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