Florida Trip Oct 2016, visiting NASA, Universal Islands of Adventure, Sebastian Inlet

I heard the sonic boom and rushed outside to take this shot of the contrail the space shuttle Atlantis left in its wake on the way to Edwards Air Force Base. (See also here for magnified view.)

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

NASA Shuttle Bus- April 30th, 2014- Wing Section.

We live right outside of NASA here in Houston, They retired the 747 used to ferry the Space Shuttles after their flights. They retired the Jumbo Bus and hauled it in pieces to its final resting spot at the Space Museum on the NASA Grounds. They had to move all the pieces at night and it came right by my neighborhood last night! What an event They had everything shut down! It as quite a sight. It was stopped here for 30 minutes while utility companies moved overhead wires at an upcoming intersection, making for a great photo-op!

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Space Shuttle flyover Los Angeles, Sept. 21, 2012.

Kennedy Space Center

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

Space Shuttle Discovery stopping at Altus AFB for fuel enroute to KSC.

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The Enterprise in her new home aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. The exhibit opens July 19.

Kennedy Space Center

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

Space Shuttle Enterprise, on its way to the Paris Air Show. 19-20 MAY 1983.

Space Shuttle Enterprise, on its way to the Paris Air Show. 19-20 MAY 1983.

A topside view of the shuttle and the Apollo craft.

At the STS-130 Crew News Conference in Houston at Johnson Space Center on Friday, January 29, 2010.

Space Shuttle Launch

Kennedy Space Center

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

@ Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. My pics, taken Dec. 3, 2015

The arc of windows at the roof of the hangar gives the impression of watching the sun rise over the curvature of the Earth. Clever positioning.

Space Shuttle Launch

Space Shuttle Enterprise, on its way to the Paris Air Show. 19-20 MAY 1983.

Space shuttle Endeavour mounted on top of NASA's shuttle carrier aircraft when they stopped in Houston on their way to Endeavour's final resting place in California

Shuttle Enterprise structural assembly operations at Rockwell Downey in the Mated Manufacturing Aid (Iron Bird) - April 1975.

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After a late night staying up watching NASA TV, we headed down to Canova Beach just before the 2:28 AM launch.

Unfortunately, due to a low overcast, the STS-123 launch was only visible for a scant few (but spectacular) seconds.

Still, an amazing experience.

On it's way to downtown Sacramento California this morning, on it's last flight to Los Angeles

Space Shuttle Enterprise, on its way to the Paris Air Show. 19-20 MAY 1983.

@ Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. My pics, taken Dec. 3, 2015

We drove right by one of the space shuttle crawler transports. They're huge!

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Kennedy Space Center

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

@ Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. My pics, taken Dec. 3, 2015