Endeavour which flew its final flight on STS-134 is now in OPF-2 (Orbiter Processing Facility 2) where it is being readied for being turned over to the California Science Museum in September 2012. As NASA did with the shuttle Discovery, the media was invited to have a look around on March 7, 2012 including visits [...]
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The Endeavour / On board, and a discussion of Shuttle Tile maintenance
Posted in atlantis, discovery, endeavour, johnson space center, orbiter processing facility #2, shuttle hangar, space shuttle, STS-134, tagged atlantis, buddy mckenzie, Discovery, endeavour, interview, johnson space center, kennedy space center, maintenance, pete crow, peter michael crow, problems, replacing shuttle tiles, shuttle ties, smithsonian, space shuttle, water and shuttle tiles, when does the shuttle go to the smithsonian on March 8, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The Life of a Shuttle === the steps to Space & back
Posted in atlantis, crawler transporter, international space station, launch pad 39-a, shuttle hangar, space shuttle, STS-134, STS-135, Vehicle Assembly Building, tagged 39A, 39b, carol anne swagler, launch paqd, life of a shuttle, opf, orbiter processing facility, pete crow, peter crow, peter michael crow, rollout, rollover, runway, shuttle landing facility, slf, vehicle assembly building on July 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hangar to VAB to Launch to Space & back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”petecrow/NASA” © 2011 by / Peter M. Crow and the Peter Michael Crow Trust and by [...]
The Shuttle Discovery, aka OV-103
Posted in atlantis, shuttle hangar, space shuttle, tagged air lock, crew deck, crew hatch, Discovery, docking, docking controls, flight deck, hatch crawlway, high bay 1, how did the shuttle dock with the international space station, international space station, iss, nasa, opf, orbiter processing facility, ov-103, shuttle bathroom, shuttle crew compartment, shuttle hatch, shuttle hatch control, shuttle tires, shuttle windows, smithsonian, which shuttle will be in the smithsonian on June 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
About these 19 Photos. On June 21, 2011, NASA invited about 85 members of the media to Florida to visit the Shuttle Discovery, now in High Bay Number 1 of the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) (OPF= hangar). Each member of the media was assigned a one hour slot, and given 15 minutes on the decks, [...]
Current header Photograph / Discovery
Posted in atlantis, shuttle hangar, STS-135, tagged air and space museum, atlantis, carol anne swagler, dulles, kennedy space center, names inside atlantis, nasa, opf, orbiter processing facility, pete crow, peter m crow, seine harbour, shuttle, shuttle hangar, signatures, smithsonian, who signed wall in atlantis on June 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On June 21, 2011, NASA invited 85 journalists to come to Florida, visit and photograph the inside and outside of the Shuttle Discovery, the oldest survivor of the Shuttle fleet. Early next year Discovery will be taken to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, and placed on display. [...]
