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The Pathfinder Shuttle Stack at the U.S Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL, is the only full shuttle stack in the world.
Pathfinder served as a non-flight test vehicle and is currently undergoing restoration.
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft where it was the only item funded for development.
The first of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981, leading to operational flights beginning in 1982. Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Operational missions launched numerous satellites, interplanetary probes, and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), conducted science experiments in orbit, participated in the Shuttle-Mir program with Russia, and participated in construction and servicing of the International Space Station (ISS).
This is the Space Shuttle Atlantis (left hand streak) and the International Space Station (right streak) around 10:00 p.m. local time on June 19, 2007 as they passed overhead. Atlantis had undocked from ISS a few hours earlier, so they were on slightly different orbits. You can see the stars of the Big Dipper's handle on the left (including the famous double Mizar and Alcor).
Trip to Washington taking in Alexandria, Washington Mall, Arlington Cemetery, Washington Nationals Baseball, Mount Vernon and Dulles Air and Space Museum
Skylynx also called Magnificence is a unbelievably talented, unsurpassably skilled autobot,
transforming from spaceshuttle to a dragon/dinosaur and the cargobay carried into a lynx cat
powered up with legoboost the beast walks in both dinosaur and lynx mode.
Legotransformers became a real study over the years or more decades now and i am suprised these kind of designs are possible these days after dreaming of models like this as a kid.
Big hug to Kevin, Skywalter for the dark azure part supplies ;)
The spaceshuttle at Kennedy spacecenter... not the realone... it's a replica at the visitor'scenter.
The Space Shuttle Enterprise does a flyby around NYC landmarks before landing at JFK Airport. It will be put on display at the Intrepid Museum
Really cool space shuttle landing simulator app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. It only covers the last 5 minutes of a shuttle flight (approach and landing) but it has lots of options and it's only $1.99. Check out www.f-sim.com/test2/ - also my blog post: flyingsinger.blogspot.com/2010/12/ipod-shuttle.html