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 »
STS-135 … redux
Posted in atlantis, launch pad 39-a, space shuttle, STS-135, tagged 39-a media complex, atlantis, final landing of shuttle, how many media covered the launch?, kennedy space center, landing, pad 39 A, press site, shuttle launch pad, sts-135 on August 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A collection of NASA’s stunning photographs from the final shuttle mission, STS-135. They are reproduced here in largest size — click to enlarge. You are free to use the NASA photos in this post, but NASA requests you credit NASA if you do. . . .
Shuttle program Crest
Posted in space shuttle, tagged crest, pins, shuttle program on July 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A contest was held to design a crest for the entire shuttle program. This was the crest selected and it was then placed on commemorative pins and other memorabilia. Each of the 135 missions had its own crest and, at the completion of each mission, the crest was affixed in a ceremony to the wall [...]
Current header Photograph / Ellington Field
Posted in space shuttle, STS-135, tagged ellington field, end of sts-135, houston, nasa, texas, welcome home rally on July 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The control tower at Ellington Field is visible through a maze of tv cameras Friday afternoon, July 22, 2011, in Houston. The STS-135 astronauts have returned to their homes in Houston and are being welcomed by nearly a thousand people inside NASA Hangar 990. This is the final event in STS-135 mission, and only one [...]
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 [...]
STS-135 / Atlantis … Docking w/ISS / Sunday July 10, 2011
Posted in international space station, johnson space center, space shuttle, STS-135, tagged atlantis, docking, docking with iss, houston, international space station, johnson space center, mission control, pictures, sts-135 on July 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
. . . . . . NASA-TV does a superb job of providing on-going 24/7 coverage from the Mission Control Center, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. To quickly access their site, go HERE. . Current header Photograph. International Space Station from docking hatch of the Shuttle Atlantis during docking. ISS is about 600 feet from [...]
Additional STS-135 posts are coming …
Posted in launch pad 39-a, space shuttle, STS-135, tagged atlantis, final launch, kennedy space center, ksc, nasa, pictures of the launch, space shuttle, sts-135, VAB roof on July 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Among the stories and photographs that will be posted are … 1. STS-135 Launch, additional photographs from roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building showing, in sequence, the Launch of the Shuttle Atlantis, OV-04. 2. Days 2 and 3 prior to Launch — this includes briefings on upcoming NASA unmanned launches, visits to the SpaceX launch [...]
STS-135, Firing Room #4 / Launch Control Center
Posted in Firing Rooms, Launch Control & Firing Rooms, space shuttle, tagged atlantis, firing room, firing room 4, kennedy space center, launch control center, shuttle, sts-135, where is shuttle fired from? on July 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Go fly! … here’s where, hopefuly, it will happen Friday morning. Here’s a quick visit to Firing Room #4 from where STS-135 will be launched, and from which the previous 20 shuttle missions, have been launched. At lift-off, control of the shuttle immediately passes from the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center, to the [...]
The Weather / STS-135 … will Atlantis fly on Friday?
Posted in atlantis, launch pad 39-a, space shuttle, STS-135, tagged atlantis, kathy winters, kennedy space center, nasa, pete crow, shuttle, shuttle weather officer, space shuttle, weather, what kind of weather can the shuttle launch in?, will atlantis fly july 8?, will atlantis fly on friday? on July 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
As early as Monday, July 4, anyone looking at the long range weather schedule had doubts that NASA would be able to launch Atlantis on Friday morning, July 8, 2011. By Tuesday, the chances of launching remained at 60-percent, according to Kathy Winter, NASA’s weather officer who heads a team of 40 at KSC. Not [...]
STS-135 final mission // L(aunch)-4, July 4, 2011
Posted in space shuttle, STS-135, tagged atlantis, kennedy space center, ksc, l-4, launch of the final shuttle, space shuttle, sts-135 on July 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Houston to The Cape, July 1, 2011 Finishing the pre-launch briefings in Houston, and having flown the shuttle simulators on July 1, Carol Anne and I flew back to Orlando Saturday morning, July 2, leaving our car near Johnson Space Center in a hotel parking lot. Guests for the 4th of July were arriving. On [...]
