STA/OV-099_v_c_o_TPMBK (108-KSC-81PC-762)

“Orbiter 099 upper forward fuselage assembly, Fitcheck - Station no. 1 - Building 294, Palmdale Final Assembly Facility.”

 

For painfully obvious reasons, the transformation/construction of this vehicle is oft-reproduced:

 

www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/01/1983-1986-missions-histor...

 

forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33194.0

Both above credit: NASA Spaceflight website/forum

 

Good timeline info, if correct:

 

www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/c...

 

And I'm sure there’s plenty more.

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