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Sick
Time to Leave
Moving on out.......
Freezing cold outside the building
We all felt like this!
Cold as if in a refrigerator
A reminder of Happy Times back on the ship
Sam & Sandy
Jeff, Judy & Lulu in lounge
Photographers Every Where!
Lulu tries to look out our filthy window
In Sam's room
On the ship
Buffet lunch
On the bus
Waiting for the bus
Transport Bus
and here's the key point
back on terra firma (shot of a video in the exhibition)
preparing to return
approaching the ISS
blastoff !
what happens upon launching
preflight checklist
the iconic NASA bus
ready in the VAB for transport to the launching pad
The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is where rockets and shuttles are readied for launching in spotless surroundings.
There were 33 of them over a period of a quarter century.
typical missions
If you go, you too can get an official KSC photo like this one
Well, just look who's at the controls today !
the well scorched underbelly
Atlantis' maneuvering engines
Its grapple ending has done various repairs, and permitted space walks for visual inspections and more complex repairs.
the indispensable Canadarm
Its cargo bay, somewhat like a transport truck. measures 15 x 60 ft, and can carry nearly half a tonne into orbit..
Imagine this coming straight at you at 17,000 mph !
Note the women entering between the 2 giant rockets.
After launch, the giant red fuel tank drops off into the Atlantic at some 60 miles up.
the visit
Triumphs were accompanied by horrible tragedies too.
Multiply that six times for the 6 Shuttles built from 1977 through 1992, with all the necessary modifications.
EVERYTHING had to function exactly as planned, with absolutely NO margin for errors.
just a few million parts !
This building houses he Alantis and many space shuttle displays
Among other challenges, nobody had ever tried to co-ordinate the work of fifteen different countries and space agencies.
Shown are the ISS and flags of all the nations that have contributed to building and maintaining it.
background to space shuttles
the iconic photo of Planet Earth seen from the Moon
The world marveled; probably no single event has ever had so many watchers.
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