December 5, 2011 … today the first of the three engines of the Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) was reinstalled on the shuttle. It took about four hours. The other two engines were to be installed later in the week. Discovery will go to the Smithsonian at Dulles Airport, Washington, DC. She is expected to be sent [...]
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Engines are placed back in Discovery == December 5, 2011
Posted in discovery, orbiter processing facility #1, smithsonian air & space museum, tagged kennedy space center, Discovery, shuttle, dulles, ov-103, smithsonian air & space museum, preparations for museum, when does discovery go to the smithsonian?, engines, shuttle engines, inside the shuttle, engine compartment, installing, removing on December 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »