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| Viewed from the side, the full length of the S3/S4 Truss is seen. | Looking down the S4 Truss the solar array storage and deployment cannisters can be seen. | Top, left of center the accordian-folded heat radiator can be seen. |
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| These angled struts absorb the torsional stresses on the S3 truss as S4 constantly moves to position the solar arrays for optimal effeciency. | The ISS connection end of the S3 truss. Because of two additional storage pallets, shown in folded-for-flight position, this will be the heaviest lift of any Shuttle flight. | With the JAXA Kibo Research Module in the background, the JAXA robot arm for Kibo is in the foreground being processed for flight later in 2007. |
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| Atlantis is prepared for rollover to the VAB. | Atlantis is slowly backed out of OPF bay 1 in preparation for STS-117. | VAB at dawn. |
