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My collection of Lego Space Shuttle sets over the years. Thes eare sets 1682 (1990), 6339 (1995), 8480 (1996), and 10213 (2010). This is not a complete set of Lego shuttle sets. I don't have 7470 (2003) or 3367 (2011). I also don't have 10231 (2011) but it's nearly identical to 10213 anyway.
It returned to Edwards Air Force Base in California today because the weather in Florida was extremely windy with reported tornadoes in areas of the Central east coast.
This was taken with a simple point and shoot; unfortunately because that is all I had with me :(
Pima Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle Thermal Protection Tile
A sample thermal protection tile from the Space Shuttle's lower wing section. Each Space Shuttle was covered in more than 24,000 such tiles to protect the spacecraft from the extreme heat (up to 2,300 degrees Fahrenheit) created during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. These tiles were made of silica fibers fused together with various chemicals and covered with a black glass coating.
Virginia Air & Space Science Center
NASA Langley Visitor Center
Baseline
S-2 Fillet
C-4 Canard
A number of shuttle configurations, variations on the basic Orbiter theme, have been developed and tested at Langley
Orbiter C.G. Extension Study Configuration
Note: In separated flow regions, the brush marks of the original oil coating can still be seen