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Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery #photography #airandspace #aircraft #airplanes #atlantis #avgeek #aviationphotography #challenger #columbia #discovery #endeavour #enterprise #nasa #planes #sts135 #spaceshuttleorbiter #spaceshuttleprogram #spaceshuttlestack #us #crew #glider #highlight #inspaceoperations #landing #lowearthorbit #orbiter #payload #reentry #spaceshuttle #spacecraft #spaceplane (Flickr 08.07.2016) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/28112667481

Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery #photography #airandspace #aircraft #airplanes #atlantis #avgeek #aviationphotography #challenger #columbia #discovery #endeavour #enterprise #nasa #planes #sts135 #spaceshuttleorbiter #spaceshuttleprogram #spaceshuttlestack #us #crew #glider #highlight #inspaceoperations #landing #lowearthorbit #orbiter #payload #reentry #spaceshuttle #spacecraft #spaceplane (Flickr 08.07.2016) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/28112667481

After #NASA retired the #Space #Shuttle in 2011, they planned to send the #Orbiters to museums. To get them ready, NASA removed the #SSME #rocket #engines and replaced them with replicas and decontaminated the parts of the Orbiter that held toxic fuel for in-space maneuvering, then be put on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

In this #photograph, #Atlantis (closer on the left) and #Endeavour (on the right) have been brought nose-to-nose for #photographers and #journalists to tell the story of the Shuttle’s #retirement.

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#SpaceShuttle, #SpaceShuttleOrbiter, #SpaceShuttleAtlantis, #SpaceShuttleEndeavour, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #spacecraft, #Photography

When the time came to take #NASA’s Space #Shuttle #Discovery to the Smithsonian near Washington, the Shuttle Carrier #Aircraft was employed, as it usually was when the #SpaceShuttle needed to move.
This required the #Orbiter to be moved inside a truss-work structured called the Mate-Demate #Device, lifted up by cranes, and the #Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Airfcraft moved underneath for the Shuttle to be secured for transport.
An aerodynamic tail cone makes the #SCA easier to control.
The #MDD is next to the Shuttle Landing Facility.
#SpaceShuttleOrbiter, #SpaceShuttleDiscovery, #MateDemateDevice, #MDD, #ShuttleCarierAircraft, #Boeing747, #SCA, #ShuttleLandingFacility, #SLF, #Aviation, #AviationPhotography, #Spacecraft, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo
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#SpaceSaturday: After #NASA retired the Space Shuttle, the #Orbiters were given to #museums, but not before being prepared. On this photograph of #Atlantis, the 2 aft Orbital Maneuvering System Pods and forward Reaction Control System pod are missing. The missing forward #RCS is covered with clear tarp. The OMS pods left a silver-lined connection on the #ShuttleOrbiter.
In addition, the 3 Space Shuttle Main Engines have been removed for reuse on the #SLS #rocket.
Two Orbiter Processing Facilities are in the background, all were eventually leased to Boeing for the #-37B and Starliner programs.
#SpaceShuttle, #SpaceShuttleOrbiter, #SpaceShuttleAtlantis, # ReactionControlSystem #RCS, #Orbital ManeuveringSystem #OMS, #OrbiterProcessingFacility, #OPF,
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