Space Shuttle Piggyback Flyover Sunnyvale

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Discovery Wing

We climbed stairs to peer into the shuttle cargo bay, and the exterior.

People trying to get a look at the Space Shuttle Enterprise from the Javits Center.

Space Shuttle Discovery on top of the SCA 747 flying over the Udvar-Hazy Center.

A mini-Endeavour inside the Randy's Donut.

The finished cutaway space shuttle.

Impressive as impressive can

Space Shuttle Discovery STS-124 launches with a crew of seven, and the KIBO module, on a Journey to the International Space Station, orbiting 200 miles above the earth.

Yesterday's launch as captured by one of the Orlando Sentinel photographers. I added some effects using Photo fx on my iPhone.

Kennedy Space Center

Atlantis' final rollover from the VAB to its waiting museum space at the KSCVC

One of three memorials, two for space shuttles and one for the lost soldiers in the failed hostage rescue in Iran during the Carter Admin

onboard an Antonov An-225 Mriya

onboard an Antonov An-225 Mriya

Kennedy Space Center

Atlantis' final rollover from the VAB to its waiting museum space at the KSCVC

Kennedy Space Center

Atlantis' final rollover from the VAB to its waiting museum space at the KSCVC

Space Shuttle flyover, Sept. 21, 2012.

All the modules are put together with velcro, so they can come apart like the real shuttle

The crawler. Officially called the Crawler-Transporter, they date back to Apollo. They are planned to remain in service for the Constellation program. Each track has 57 shoes, and each shoe weighs nearly a ton. There are two tracks at each corner.

Space Shuttle Endeavor + fighter jet escort flies over Facebook on its way to Moffett Field (Sept 21 2012)

Here's the big 1/72 stack along with the 1/144 and 1/288 shuttle stacks.

At the National Air & Space Museum - Udvar-Hazy Center

Kennedy Space Center

Atlantis' final rollover from the VAB to its waiting museum space at the KSCVC

Part of nosecone has been removed and replaced with saran wrap.

耐熱タイル。

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

This was shot from a beach about 80 miles north of the launch site. Unfortunately, the camera wasn't sensitive enough to capture how cool it really looked. This shows from its appearance until the solids burn out. You can't see much until about halfway into the video (:57 left).

Kennedy Space Center

Atlantis' final rollover from the VAB to its waiting museum space at the KSCVC

Kennedy Space Center

Atlantis' final rollover from the VAB to its waiting museum space at the KSCVC

Trip to Washington taking in Alexandria, Washington Mall, Arlington Cemetery, Washington Nationals Baseball, Mount Vernon and Dulles Air and Space Museum