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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
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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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