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STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is suspended 60 feet off the ground inside the mate-demate device in preparation for the arrival of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. 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. The 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-2012-2202
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the left orbital maneuvering system, or OMS, pod has been installed onto space shuttle Atlantis. The OMS provided the shuttle with thrust for orbit insertion, rendezvous and deorbit, and could provide up to 1,000 pounds of propellant to the aft reaction control system. The OMS is housed in two independent pods located on each side of the shuttle’s aft fuselage. Each pod contains one OMS engine and the hardware needed to pressurize, store and distribute the propellants to perform the velocity maneuvers. Atlantis’ OMS pods were removed and sent to White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico to be cleaned of residual toxic propellant. The work is part of the Space Shuttle Program’s transition and retirement processing of the space shuttle fleet. A groundbreaking was held Jan. 18 for Atlantis’ future home, a 65,000-square-foot exhibit hall in Shuttle Plaza at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Atlantis is scheduled to roll over to the visitor complex in November in preparation for the exhibit’s grand opening in July 2013. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky KSC-2012-3348
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the payload canister waits for adjusted guide shoes to be attached before being lifted to the payload changeout room for the second time. The first attempt encountered problems when Teflon pads on “shoes” attached to the outside of the canister that go onto guide rails to help the canister into the room didn’t fit properly. The two shoes were removed, slightly shaved down so that they would fit into the rails and put back on the canister. The changeout room is the enclosed, environmentally controlled portion of the rotating service structure that supports cargo delivery to the pad and subsequent vertical installation into the shuttle’s payload bay. Launch of Atlantis is targeted for Oct. 10. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-08pd2787
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STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
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STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-134 - 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. ITEM NOT ACTIVATED FOR NIGHT LANDING.
White Balance - set to full daylight
camera set to continuos low (CL)
Item: DL013-EOM
Date Taken: 6/1/2011
Image Type: DIGITAL STILLS
STS134 LAUNCH AND LANDING
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eom
sts 134 endeavour
nasa
launch and landing
landing gear
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ultra high resolution
landing
orb landing gear activation
night landing
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daylight camera
digital stills sts 134
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l 5 seconds
white balance
space program
Date
25/07/2005 - 21/07/2011
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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