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The late afternoon sun highlights the
external tank and solid rocket booster on Space Shuttle Columbia after
rollback of the Rotating Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A. Visible
are the orbiter access arm with the White Room extended to Columbia's
cockpit, and at the top, the gaseous oxygen vent arm and cap, called
the "beanie cap." Columbia is scheduled for launch Jan. 16 at 10:39
a.m. EST on mission STS-107, a research mission.