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Cast in late afternoon shadows, Space
Shuttle Columbia, with its orange external tank and white solid rocket
boosters, is revealed as the Rotating Service Structure rolls back
. The Shuttle sits atop the Mobile Launcher Platform. Columbia is
scheduled for launch Jan. 16 at 10:39 a.m. EST on mission STS-107.