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The Orbiter Recovery Convoy flanks the shuttle on all sides as a team of approximately 150 specialists make Atlantis "safe" for towing to the Orbiter Processing Facility located elsewhere on the Kennedy Space Center; having already helped the crew depart the ship and made sure that no hazardous chemicals were still present in the vicinity of the craft.