The first half of the K-level work platforms is being installed in High Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Construction workers are helping to secure the platform on tower E, about 86 feet above the floor. The K work platforms will provide access to NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and solid rocket boosters during processing and stacking operations on the mobile launcher. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing upgrades and modifications to High Bay 3 to support processing of the SLS and Orion spacecraft. A total of 10 levels of new platforms, 20 platform halves altogether, will surround the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and provide access for testing and processing. Photo credit: NASA/Glen Benson

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During a media event, members of the press and photographers ride on NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, also called CT-2, as it slowly moves along the crawlerway on a test run to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Fondly referred to as the "workhorses" of the space program, both crawlers, CT-1 and CT-2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy has made steady progress on upgrades and modifications to CT-2 to be ready to support NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and CT-1 to support a variety of other launch vehicles. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston

Inside the Microbiology Lab at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 6, 2021, a microbiologist works with frozen lettuce samples that recently returned from the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX 23rd commercial resupply services mission. The experiment, titled VEG-03J, involved “Outredgeous” red romaine lettuce grown in the Veggie Production System (Veggie) on the space station and demonstrated a new way of storing, handling, and planting seeds in space. NASA is studying how to effectively grow crops in space so plants can provide supplemental nutrients to astronaut crews on long-duration missions, such as a mission to Mars. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The Orion crew module is recovered after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles off the coast of San Diego, California. NASA, the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin coordinated efforts to recover Orion and secure the spacecraft inside the well deck of the USS Anchorage. After lifting off at 7:05 a.m. EST atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA's Orion spacecraft completed a two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission to test systems critical to crew safety, including the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is leading the recovery efforts. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion Photo credit: Courtesy of U.S. Navy

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff occurred at 6:03 p.m. EST. DSCOVR is a partnership between NOAA, NASA and the U.S. Air Force, and will maintain the nation's real-time solar wind monitoring capabilities. To learn more about DSCOVR, visit www.nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR.

Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Delta IV Heavy rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying NASA's Orion spacecraft on an unpiloted flight test to Earth orbit. Liftoff was at 7:05 a.m. EST. During the two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission, engineers will evaluate the systems critical to crew safety, the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion Photo credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph/Kevin O'Connell

This is the first time I have set up the MOC out door at night for photographs

"Trabant" is a series of small cars produced from 1957 to 1991 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke.

The cars are often referred to as "Trabbi" or "Trabi".

You will find this discarded car in the vehicle museum Marxzell, a private transport and technology museum in Marxzell near Karlsruhe.

KSC stands for: Karlsruher SC - German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg.

The pictures have been taken in august 2021.

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NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, also called CT2, slowly moves along the crawlerway on a test run to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Fondly referred to as the "workhorses" of the space program, both crawlers, CT1 and CT2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy has made steady progress on upgrades and modifications to CT2 to be ready to support NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and CT1 to support a variety of other launch vehicles. Photo credit: NASA/Amber Watson

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, also called CT2, moves along the crawlerway on a test run to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the background is the Vehicle Assembly Building where crawler upgrades are being performed. Fondly referred to as the "workhorses" of the space program, both crawlers, CT1 and CT2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy has made steady progress on upgrades and modifications to CT2 to be ready to support NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and CT1 to support a variety of other launch vehicles. Photo credit: NASA/Amber Watson

Kyparissia. Theater in the castle.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden spoke to members of the media before looking over the agency's Orion spacecraft this morning for the first time since it returned to Kennedy Space Center following the successful Orion flight test on Dec. 5. Bearing the marks of a spacecraft that has returned to Earth through a searing plunge into the atmosphere, Orion is perched on a pedestal inside the Launch Abort System Facility at Kennedy where it is going through post-mission processing. Although the spacecraft Bolden looked over did not fly with a crew aboard during the flight test, Orion is designed to carry astronauts into deep space in the future setting NASA and the nation firmly on the journey to Mars. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston

Inside the Microbiology Lab at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 6, 2021, Microbiology Lead Mary Hummerick, left, and Microbiologist Jennifer Gooden work with frozen lettuce samples that recently returned from the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX 23rd commercial resupply services mission. The experiment, titled VEG-03J, involved “Outredgeous” red romaine lettuce grown in the Veggie Production System (Veggie) on the space station and demonstrated a new way of storing, handling, and planting seeds in space. NASA is studying how to effectively grow crops in space so plants can provide supplemental nutrients to astronaut crews on long-duration missions, such as a mission to Mars. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

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Always wondered what it would be like to bop around in the vacuum of space. Florida's Kennedy Space Center got me close with this display of an astronaut and his (or hers) jetpack, or in NASA speak, MMU.

The Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) is an astronaut propulsion unit that was used by NASA on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984. The MMU allowed the astronauts to perform untethered EVA spacewalks at a distance from the shuttle. The MMU was used in practice to retrieve a pair of faulty communications satellites, Westar VI and Palapa B2. Following the third mission the unit was retired from use. A smaller successor, the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER), was first flown in 1994, and is intended for emergency use only.

A view from above in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, shows a 325-ton crane lifting the first half of the K-level work platforms up for installation in High Bay 3. The platform will be secured into position on tower E, about 86 feet above the floor. The K work platforms will provide access to NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and solid rocket boosters during processing and stacking operations on the mobile launcher. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing upgrades and modifications to High Bay 3 to support processing of the SLS and Orion spacecraft. A total of 10 levels of new platforms, 20 platform halves altogether, will surround the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and provide access for testing and processing. Photo credit: NASA/Glen Benson

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Delta IV Heavy rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying NASA's Orion spacecraft on an unpiloted flight test to Earth orbit. Liftoff was at 7:05 a.m. EST. During the two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission, engineers will evaluate the systems critical to crew safety, the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion Photo credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph/Kevin O'Connell

Palm trees frame this view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Also in view are part of the full-size mock-up of the external tank and solid rocket boosters. The building features two sweeping architectural elements that represent the space shuttle's launch and return. The outer layer of the building, cloaked in iridescent hues of orange and gold, represents the fiery glow of re-entry. The taller, internal wing of the building is covered in shimmering gray tile pattern representing the tiled underside of the orbiter. The 65,000-square-foot facility is home to space shuttle Atlantis, a full-size mock-up of the Hubble Space Telescope and a wealth of information, activities and displays about the space shuttle and the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Delta IV Heavy rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying NASA's Orion spacecraft on an unpiloted flight test to Earth orbit. Liftoff was at 7:05 a.m. EST. During the two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission, engineers will evaluate the systems critical to crew safety, the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion Photo credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph/Kevin O'Connell

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The Electrical Maintenance Facility (EMF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has solar panels capable of producing 125 kilowatts. Installation of the panels began in August 2019 and by February 2020, the panels were up and running, generating enough power to supply the facility. The addition of the solar panels has turned the EMF into a "net positive" facility, meaning it now produces more energy than it consumes. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In this aerial view, NASA's Orion crew module, enclosed in its crew module transportation fixture and secured on a flatbed truck is passing the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on its way to the entrance gate to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In view is the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility. Orion made the 2,700 mile overland trip from Naval Base San Diego in California. Orion was recovered from the Pacific Ocean after completing a two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission Dec. 5 to test systems critical to crew safety, including the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program led the recovery, offload and transportation efforts. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This helicopter view of Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida shows the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket as it stands ready to boost NASA's Orion spacecraft on a 4.5-hour mission. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

A full-size mock-up of the external tank and solid rocket boosters marks the entrance to the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The 65,000-square-foot facility is home to space shuttle Atlantis, a full-size mock-up of the Hubble Space Telescope and a wealth of information, activities and displays about the space shuttle and the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The launch gantry is rolled back to reveal NASA's Orion spacecraft mounted atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37. Orion is NASA's new spacecraft built to carry humans, designed to allow us to journey to destinations never before visited by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Orion spacecraft is viewed by members of the media at the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion made the 8-day, 2,700 mile overland trip back to Kennedy from Naval Base San Diego in California. Analysis of date obtained during its two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission Dec. 5 will provide engineers detailed information on how the spacecraft fared. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program led the recovery, offload and transportation efforts. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis

Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, construction work continues to prepare High Bay 3 for new work platforms. The first half of one of 10 new levels of work platforms arrived at Kennedy on April 10. Hensel Phelps Construction Co. of Orlando, Florida is performing the upgrades to the VAB. The new work platforms are being fabricated by subcontractor Steel LLC, of Scottdale, Georgia. Subcontractor Sauer Co. in Oak Hill, Florida, is assembling and delivering the platforms to Kennedy. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing upgrades and modifications to the high bay to support processing of NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis

NASA Public Affairs Officer George Diller takes one last look at Locomotive no. 1 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway GP40-2, an FEC freight locomotive used in regular service, will pull the last two NASA Railroad locomotives from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two locomotives, EMD SW 1500s, will be delivered to new homes on short line railroads. Locomotive no. 1 will be used by the Natchitoches Parish Port in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Locomotive no. 3 will be used by the Madison Railroad in Madison, Indiana, for regular freight service and passenger excursion train service. Locomotive no. 2 has already been delivered to the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami, Florida for restoration and eventual use. All three locomotives were originally acquired by NASA in 1983 from the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad. They were used primarily to carry the solid rocket booster segment cars and shuttle flight hardware on the NASA Railroad for the Space Shuttle Program. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Delta IV Heavy rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying NASA's Orion spacecraft on an unpiloted flight test to Earth orbit. Liftoff was at 7:05 a.m. EST. During the two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission, engineers will evaluate the systems critical to crew safety, the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion Photo credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph/Kevin O'Connell

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A Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway GP40-2, a regular FEC freight service locomotive, pulls the last two NASA Railroad locomotives from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two locomotives, EMD SW 1500s, will be delivered to new homes on short line railroads. Locomotive no. 1 will be used by the Natchitoches Parish Port in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Locomotive no. 3 will be used by the Madison Railroad in Madison, Indiana, for regular freight service and passenger excursion train service. Locomotive no. 2 has already been delivered to the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami, Florida for restoration and eventual use. All three locomotives were originally acquired by NASA in 1983 from the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad. They were used primarily to carry the solid rocket booster segment cars and shuttle flight hardware on the NASA Railroad for the Space Shuttle Program. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This helicopter view of Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida shows the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket as it stands ready to boost NASA's Orion spacecraft on a 4.5-hour mission. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Delta IV Heavy rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying NASA's Orion spacecraft on an unpiloted flight test to Earth orbit. Liftoff was at 7:05 a.m. EST. During the two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission, engineers will evaluate the systems critical to crew safety, the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion Photo credit: NASA/ Sandy Joseph/Kevin O’connell

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The sun comes up behind what remains of the gantry on Launch Pad 34 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. On this day in 1967, a fire erupted on the pad during a preflight test, taking the lives of the Apollo 1 crew, NASA astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee. To learn more about Apollo 1 and the crew, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo1.html. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

A solid rocket motor for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket slated to boost NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS, is lowered into position inside the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Four identical MMS spacecraft will study the mystery of how magnetic fields around Earth connect and disconnect, explosively releasing energy via a process known a magnetic reconnection. Launch is set for March 12. To learn more: www.nasa.gov/mms. Photo credit: NASA/ Kim Shiflett

NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR, is boosted into space aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida occurred at 6:03 p.m. EST. DSCOVR is a partnership between NOAA, NASA and the U.S. Air Force, and will maintain the nation's real-time solar wind monitoring capabilities. To learn more about DSCOVR, visit www.nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR.

Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Tim Powers

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 4:47 a.m. EST. The commercial resupply mission will deliver 3,700 pounds of scientific experiments, technology demonstrations and supplies, including critical materials to support 256 science and research investigations that will take place on the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossman

A Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway GP40-2, an FEC freight locomotive used in regular service, arrives at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the background is the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building. The locomotive will be used to transport the last two NASA Railroad locomotives from the center. The two locomotives, EMD SW 1500s, will be delivered to new homes on short line railroads. Locomotive no. 1 will be used by the Natchitoches Parish Port in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Locomotive no. 3 will be used by the Madison Railroad in Madison, Indiana, for regular freight service and passenger excursion train service. Locomotive no. 2 has already been delivered to the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami, Florida for restoration and eventual use. All three locomotives were originally acquired by NASA in 1983 from the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad. They were used primarily to carry the solid rocket booster segment cars and shuttle flight hardware on the NASA Railroad for the Space Shuttle Program. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett