Remarks: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from LC-41 at Cape Canaveral carrying the US Air Forces’ Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) providing defense for the United States.
Remarks: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from LC-41 at Cape Canaveral carrying the US Air Forces’ Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) providing defense for the United States.
Remarks: Looking out the overhead cockpit hatch of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at space shuttle Endeavour shortly after the stack was pushed back from the Mate-Demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility.
Remarks: At Kennedy Space Center in Florida Space shuttle Endeavour, now attached to Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905, is pushed back from the Mate-Demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility.
Remarks: Space Shuttle Discovery sits still in her new home in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Smithsonians Udvar Hazy Center. Space Shuttle Enterprise, in the background, which formerly occupied the same space begins her journey over to Apron W at IAD in preperation for the SCA flight to New York.
Remarks: At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is powered up for one of the final times as workers continue to prepare the orbiter for display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, CA. The final powerdown of Endeavour and the shuttle fleet occured on May 11, 2012.
Remarks: At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is powered up for one of the final times as workers continue to prepare the orbiter for display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, CA. The final powerdown of Endeavour and the shuttle fleet occured on May 11, 2012.
Remarks: A view of the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Space shuttle Endeavour continues to undergo transition and retirement activities to make her suitable for public display. Endeavour will be flown to Los Angeles atop a modified Boeing 747 near the end of 2012.
Remarks: A view of the flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Space shuttle Endeavour continues to undergo transition and retirement activities to make her suitable for public display. Endeavour will be flown to Los Angeles atop a modified Boeing 747 near the end of 2012.
Remarks: Space Shuttle Discovery travels through a parking lot near the Vehicle Assembly Building. Discovery has completed all transition & retirement work and will spend the next month in the VAB before being flown to the Dulles for display at the Smithsonian's Udvar Hazy Center.
Remarks: Space Shuttle Atlantis (left) and Discovery greet each other for the final time. Space shuttle Atlantis was being moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to the Orbiter Processing Facility to continue transition and retirement (T&R) activities. Discovery has completed all T&R work and will spend the next month in the VAB before being flown to the Dulles for display at the Smithsonian's Udvar Hazy Center.
