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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour turns into Orbiter Processing Facility #2. Endeavour landed at 10:48 a.m. EDT, completing a journey of 6.5-million miles on the STS-127 mission. Umbilicals are still attached to purge the vehicle of any possible residual explosive or toxic fumes. Towing normally begins within four hours after landing and is completed within six hours unless removal of time-sensitive experiments is required on the runway. In the OPF, turnaround processing procedures on Endeavour will include various post-flight deservicing and maintenance functions, which are carried out in parallel with payload removal and the installation of equipment needed for the next mission. The STS-127 mission was the 29th flight to the station, the 23rd flight of Endeavour and the 71st landing at Kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-4382
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PALMDALE, Calif. -- S91-39480 -- A Rockwell worker at the space shuttle's Palmdale Final Assembly Facility in Palmdale, Calif., takes a technical documentation image of space shuttle Endeavour as it is prepared for its first ferry flight to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard the agency's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, designated NASA 911. Endeavour is scheduled to return to California in 2012, where it will be on public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Its ferry flight across America is targeted for mid-September. Endeavour was the last space shuttle added to NASA’s orbiter fleet. During the course of its 19-year career, Endeavour spent 299 days in space during 25 missions. For more information on shuttle transition and retirement work, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/ Rockwell International Space Systems Division KSC-2012-4808
Ground crewmen refuel and service a NASA 747 aircraft during a stopover at the base. The 747 is transporting the space shuttle Challenger to Cape Canaveral, Florida
A Russian cargo plane, the Antonov 124, sits on the end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC after delivering a French satellite for the EUTELSat Consortium. The satellite is targeted to be launched April 12 aboard an Atlas IIAS rocket from Complex 36, Cape Canaveral Air Station KSC-99pp0287
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The space shuttle orbiter Discovery rests on the floor of Rogers Dry Lake after touching down to complete Space Transportation System mission 26
A trail of dust belies the wet appearance of the sun-baked surface of Rogers Dry Lake as the space shuttle orbiter Discovery touches down at the conclusion of Space Transportation System mission 26
The heat-resistant tiles on the nose of the space shuttle orbiter Discovery show the effects of the craft's reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Discovery touched down on Rogers Dry Lake a few hours before, successfully completing the 26th Space Transpor
The space shuttle orbiter Discovery lands on base following completion of the 26th Space Transportation System mission
The space shuttle orbiter Discovery stands on the runway shortly after completion of the 26th Space Transportation System mission
Vice President George Bush and his wife Barbara watch intently as the space shuttle orbiter Discovery comes in for a landing on the floor of Rogers Dry Lake. Discovery is returning from Space Transportation System mission 26
The orbiter Columbia sits on Rogers Drylake Runway 23 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center after its return from Earth orbit. Columbia's landing completed the first full test of the Space Transportation System
The orbiter purge transporter and the orbiter coolant transporter are positioned at the rear of the orbiter Discovery while the crew hatch access vehicle is positioned at the space shuttle's side following completion of the 26th Space Transportation Syste
A T-300 tow vehicle tows the space shuttle orbiter Discovery from its landing location to the deservicing area following completion of the 26th Space Transportation System mission
Shimmering waves of heat rise from the floor of Rogers Dry Lake as technicians and support equipment surround the space shuttle orbiter Discovery at the conclusion of Space Transportation System mission 26
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Base: Edwards Air Force Base
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Scott Stewart
Release Status: Released to Public
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03/10/1988
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