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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery rolls into position beneath the mate-demate device, or MDD, at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A tail cone has been installed over its three replica shuttle main engines to reduce aerodynamic drag and turbulence during its upcoming ferry flight. The MDD is a large gantry-like steel structure used to hoist a shuttle off the ground and position it onto the back of a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA. The SCA is a Boeing 747 jet, originally manufactured for commercial use, which was modified by NASA to transport the shuttles between destinations on Earth. The SCA designated NASA 905 is assigned to the remaining ferry missions, delivering the shuttles to their permanent public display sites. Discovery’s new home will be the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. For more information on the SCA, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-013-DFRC.html. For more information on shuttle transition and retirement activities, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2012-2104
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The umbilical swing arm for Orion's Exploration Flight Test 1, or EFT-1, has been attached to the uppermost location on the fixed umbilical tower at Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. All three swing arms on the tower are undergoing tests to confirm that they are operating correctly. They are being swung out and closer to the Vertical Integration Facility at the pad. The uppermost swing arm will carry umbilicals that will be mated to Orion's launch abort system and environmental control system. During launch, all three umbilicals will pull away from Orion and the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket at T-0. During the EFT-1 mission, Orion will travel farther into space than any human spacecraft has gone in more than 40 years. The data gathered during the flight will influence design decisions, validate existing computer models and innovative new approaches to space systems development, as well as reduce overall mission risks and costs for later Orion flights. Liftoff of Orion on its first flight test is planned for fall 2014. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper KSC-2014-3664
Space Shuttle Endeavour on Pad 39a (20090710002HQ)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers are standing by for the arrival of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft under space shuttle Discovery suspended 60 feet off the ground inside the mate-demate device. The device, known as the MDD, is a large gantry-like steel structure used to hoist a shuttle off the ground and position it onto the back of the aircraft, or SCA. The SCA is a Boeing 747 jet, originally manufactured for commercial use, which was modified by NASA to transport the shuttles between destinations on Earth. This SCA, designated NASA 905, is assigned to the remaining ferry missions, delivering the shuttles to their permanent public display sites. NASA 905 is scheduled to ferry Discovery to the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia on April 17, after which the shuttle will be placed on display in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. For more information on the SCA, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-013-DFRC.html. For more information on shuttle transition and retirement activities, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2012-2226
STS-132 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Columbia sits on Launch Pad 39B less than two weeks after liftoff of Discovery on mission STS-96. Columbia was rolled out June 7 in preparation for the launch of STS-93 with its payload of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The Rotating Service Structure, at left, will be moved into place on Tuesday, June 8. With the world's most powerful X-ray telescope, Chandra will allow scientists from around the world to see previously invisible black holes and high-temperature gas clouds, giving the observatory the potential to rewrite the books on the structure and evolution of our universe. Columbia (OV-102) is the first of NASA's orbiter fleet, delivered to Kennedy Space Center in March 1979. Columbia initiated the Space Shuttle flight program at KSC when it lifted off Launch Pad 39A on April 12, 1981 KSC-99pp0635
STS-134 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-122
STS-134 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
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STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
Summary
Description: TRACKING COVERAGE OF LANDING FROM ORB LANDING GEAR ACTIVATION THROUGH TOUCHDOWN AND WHEEL-STOP. CAMERA SHOULD BE STARTED NO LATER THAN APPROX. L-5 SECONDS. COMMITTED ONLY FOR RUNWAY 33 (SOUTH TO NORTH) LANDING
White Balance - set to full daylight
camera set to continuos low (CL)
Item: DL015-EOM
Date Taken: 4/20/2010
Image Type: DIGITAL STILLS
STS131 LAUNCH AND LANDING
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eom
sts 131 discovery
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launch and landing
landing gear
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landing
orb landing gear activation
daylight camera
digital stills sts 131
camera
l 5 seconds
white balance
rocket launch
space program
Date
25/07/2005 - 21/07/2011
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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