1 00:00:00,150 --> 00:00:05,130 \h Music 2 00:00:05,130 --> 00:00:10,240 \h Space shuttle Atlantis began its 3.4-mile journey to Launch Pad 39A 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:14,300 \h in the predawn darkness, leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building 4 00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:20,190 \h at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 6:38 a.m. on October 14. 5 00:00:20,190 --> 00:00:23,870 \h Stacked with its solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank 6 00:00:23,870 --> 00:00:29,700 \h on the mobile launcher platform, the shuttle's slow roll atop a crawler-transporter 7 00:00:29,700 --> 00:00:35,950 \h took approximately six hours, reaching the seaside launch pad in the early afternoon. 8 00:00:35,950 --> 00:00:42,430 \h At the pad, the STS-129 payload of equipment bound for the International Space Station 9 00:00:42,430 --> 00:00:48,240 \h will be installed in Atlantis' cargo bay as technicians continue launch preparations 10 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,810 \h throughout the next month.