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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Kennedy Space Center

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

Top side. Sorry about the atmospheric distortion.

It gripped objects with protruding knobs by contracting the three wires.

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

Here's the crawler that transports the space shuttle and its mobile launch platform to the launch pad. It drives at about a 1/2 mile per hour and gets something like 40 gallons per mile. That's right - gallons per mile! As the tour bus driver said "hug your SUV".

Not great but the best I could get from my driveway

Taken from my front porch.

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

Space Shuttle Launch - Apr 2001 Album

Enterprise aboard NASA B747

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

Space Shuttle Piggyback Flyover Sunnyvale

Kennedy Space Center

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

The shuttle made a pit stop at Offutt AFB, Nebraska.

onboard an Antonov An-225 Mriya

Enterprise space shuttle landing landing in JFK international airport after it journey from Washington DC to be taking to the intrepid musem in New York city .

My son Matt and the space shuttle

Kennedy Space Center

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

I took this shot near Sarasota, Florida, on the morning of March 8th. We were about 150 miles southwest from the launch. To be able to see the launch this clearly really made our trip to Florida even more special!

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.

Where the software engineer sits. The video playing is a general one about the command center of the shuttle.

Enterprise aboard NASA B747

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Science Museum of Virginia

When a spacecraft re-enters the Earth's atmosphere from space, friction is generated between the surface of the craft and the atmosphere's air molecules. This results in heat. To protect the Space Shuttle, approximately 33,000 white and black tiles, made of silica fiber compound, cover its undersurface, the leading edge of the vertical tail, and the area around the crew windows. These protective tiles allow the Space Shuttle to be flown again and again.

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

Russian Spaceshuttle Buran

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Space Shuttle Piggyback Flyover Sunnyvale

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Space Shuttle Launch - Apr 2001 Album