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[Dznts]

great pics!

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Yay the thread is back!

Now I have news to report since Space Shuttle Endeavour's and Atlantis' time left at KSC is ticking down. :(

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Originally Posted by Dznts

great pics!

Thanks D!

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by Overflow

Now I have news to report since Space Shuttle Endeavour's and Atlantis' time left at KSC is ticking down. :(

Aww. You'll see them again one day.

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Aww. You'll see them again one day.

You bet I will. I'll see all of them. Including Enterprise and the trainers.

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Just a couple pictures of the Shuttles..

Space Shuttle Discovery completing her first mission.



Space Shuttle Endeavour

[AZCamaroFan]

Discovery looked all sparkly clean.

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I know. It's weird looking back and seeing how clean Discovery was when she was first delivered. Tomorrow I'm gonna post some before and after pictures of Discovery.

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Now I'm gonna post some side-by-side pictures of Discovery from her maiden flight (STS-41-D), and from her final flight (STS-133). First, her maiden flight. Then, pictures from STS-133. These photos were taken 26-27 years apart.

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Space Shuttle Endeavour's flight plan has been unveiled

Well it's official. NASA has officially announced Space Shuttle Endeavour's flyovers..

Space shuttle Endeavour's final journey is set to begin at sunrise on Monday, Sept. 17. Riding atop the modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, the winged spacecraft will take off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a multi-day, cross-country journey to Los Angeles International Airport.

Although the exact timing and path of the ferry flight will depend on weather conditions and operational constraints, the piggybacked duo are scheduled to conduct low-level flyovers of several locations along the planned flight path. These include the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Patrick Air Force Base, in and around the Florida spaceport; NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans; Houston, Clear Lake and Galveston, near NASA's Johnson Space Center; White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruces, N.M.; NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, and various landmarks in multiple California cities.

After its arrival at LAX, Endeavour will be removed from the SCA and spend a few weeks at a United Airlines hangar undergoing preparations for transport and display. Endeavour then will travel through Inglewood and Los Angeles city streets on a 12-mile journey from the airport to the science center, arriving in the evening on Oct. 13. Beginning Oct. 30, the shuttle will be on display in the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, embarking on its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and educate and inspire future generations of explorers.

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On the aft end of space shuttle Atlantis, the insulation elements for the dome main engine heat shield are installed as the shuttle is prepared for public display following its retirement last year.







A technician watches the nose gear on space shuttle Atlantis as it is stowed during a landing gear functional test in Orbiter Processing Facility-2, where the shuttle is undergoing transition and retirement processing.

[bhall82]

Who is this overflow person?? Is he an astronaut?

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Originally Posted by bhall82

Who is this overflow person?? Is he an astronaut?

Brian, you're gonna die tonight.

[bhall82]

Originally Posted by Overflow

Brian, you're gonna die tonight.

LMAO