On Sunday, December 11, 2011, the high fidelity Space Shuttle mockup that has been at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s Center was moved 5.6 miles from the Visitor’s Center to the Media Press Site 39 parking lot adjacent to the turning basin. In March this shuttle, known as “Explorer” while at the Kennedy Space Center, [...]
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Houston / Your Space Shuttle is on the Way == (MAP of ROUTE)
Posted in explorer, johnson space center, map, tagged escort, explorer, galveston, houston, how is the shuttle moved?, kennedy space center, kennedy space center map, ksc, map, nasa, patricia christian, pete crow, peter crow, peter m crow, public relations, seine harbour, seine harbour productions, space shuttle mockup, visitor center, which shuttle will be on display in houston? on December 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
How many shuttles are there? Where will they go?
Posted in atlantis, columbia, discovery, explorer, space shuttle, tagged atlantis, california, california science center, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, edwards air force base, endeavour, houston, how many shuttles?, kennedy space center, los angeles, mission control center, new york, smithsonian, where were the shuttles built? palmdale, where will the shuttles go?, which museums get the shuttles on June 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Where will the shuttles go? How many were built? How many shuttles survive? How many mockups were built? — where are they? What was OV-95? — where did it fly? Five shuttles were built and three survive. The order in which they came into the fleet is as follows: COLUMBIA = OV-102 … Columbia broke [...]