Last external tank completed

NEW ORLEANS, La. - NASA and Lockheed Martin Space Systems will hold a ceremony at 9 a.m. CDT on July 8 at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to commemorate 37 years of tank deliveries and the final external tank's rollout. The tank was completed June 25 by Lockheed Martin workers at Michoud, some 40 miles from Stennis Space Center, Miss. The external tank will travel by barge to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 900 miles away. The last shuttle flight, STS 134, is slated for February 2011. (Source: NASA, 06/30/10)