visibility Similar

STS-132 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

The Space Shuttle Endeavour OV-105 (Orbiter Vehicle-105), the fifth shuttle manufactured for NASA, displayed during roll out ceremonies attended by a large crowd of officials and the public at Rockwell International's Air Force Plant 42, Site 1, at Palmdale. Exact Date Shot Unknown

STS-133 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-64 and 747-SCA Ferry Flight Takeoff

STS-129 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Daybreak at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida finds the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft that is transporting space shuttle Discovery to its new home taxiing down the runway, preparing for takeoff. The aircraft, known as an 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/Rusty Backer KSC-2012-2477

Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-122 - EOM

STS-119 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, with the space shuttle Endeavour mounted atop, taxis on to the runway for its ferry flight to California. The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era. For more information on the shuttles' transition and retirement, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-5349

code Related

The orbiter purge transporter is positioned at the rear of the orbiter Discovery while the crew hatch access vehicle is driven around toward the space's shuttle's side following completion of the 26th Space Transportation System mission. The purge transp

The orbiter purge transporter and the orbiter coolant transporter are positioned at the rear of the orbiter Discovery, shortly after the space shuttle's completion of the 26th Space Transportation System mission. The tractor trailer-borne devices will pr

The space shuttle orbiter Discovery stands on the runway shortly after completion of the 26th Space Transportation System mission

Convoy vehicles involved in post landing operations follow in unison as 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

The space shuttle orbiter Discovery is towed down the flight line by a T-300 tow tractor following a successful landing that concluded the 26th Space Transportation System mission. Trailing behind Discovery are the purge and coolant umbilical access vehi

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

The space shuttle orbiter Discovery lands on base following completion of the 26th Space Transportation System mission

The space shuttle orbiter Discovery rests on the floor of Rogers Dry Lake after touching down to complete Space Transportation System mission 26

A view of the opened cargo bay of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia during the first space transportation system test mission. The deployed solar radiator is shown at the left, and the vertical stabilizer and orbital maneuvering system pods, in the background

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

description

Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Edwards Air Force Base

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Haggerty

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The Space Shuttle program was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011, administered by NASA and officially beginning in 1972. The Space Shuttle system—composed of an orbiter launched with two reusable solid rocket boosters and a disposable external fuel tank— carried up to eight astronauts and up to 50,000 lb (23,000 kg) of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO). When its mission was complete, the orbiter would re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and lands as a glider. Although the concept had been explored since the late 1960s, the program formally commenced in 1972 and was the focus of NASA's manned operations after the final Apollo and Skylab flights in the mid-1970s. It started with the launch of the first shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981, on STS-1. and finished with its last mission, STS-135 flown by Atlantis, in July 2011.

label_outline

Tags

orbiter purge transporter orbiter purge transporter coolant orbiter coolant transporter discovery orbiter discovery crew hatch access crew hatch access vehicle space shuttle space shuttle side completion transportation syste nasa california edwards air force base technical sergeant high resolution space transportation syste tsgt mike haggerty us air force usaf air force base space program us national archives
date_range

Date

03/10/1988
collections

in collections

Space Shuttle Program
place

Location

create

Source

The U.S. National Archives
link

Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known copyright restrictions

label_outline Explore Coolant, Purge, Completion

Crew members stand at parade rest aboard the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO (SSBN 658) as a flag officer addresses guests attending a ceremony commemorating the completion of the 2,500th deterrent patrol by fleet ballistic missile submarines of the US Navy. The 2,500th patrol was completed by the VALLEJO

STS110-718-048 - STS-110 - Walheim and Smith work on the Mobile Transporter during the third EVA of STS-110

STS106-372-019 - STS-106 - Views of the Node 1 hatch to PMA2 taken during STS-106 mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A "towback" vehicle slowly pulls shuttle Endeavour from the Shuttle Landing Facility to Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A purge unit that pumps conditioned air into a shuttle after landing is connected to Endeavour's aft end. In the background is the massive Vehicle Assembly Building. Once inside the processing facility, Endeavour will be prepared for future public display. Endeavour's final return from space completed the 16-day, 6.5-million-mile STS-134 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 2:34:51 a.m. EDT, followed by nose gear touchdown at 2:35:04 a.m., and wheelstop at 2:35:36 a.m. Endeavour and its crew delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) and the Express Logistics Carrier-3 (ELC-3) to the International Space Station. AMS will help researchers understand the origin of the universe and search for evidence of dark matter, strange matter and antimatter from the station. ELC-3 carried spare parts that will sustain station operations once the shuttles are retired from service. STS-134 was the 25th and final flight for Endeavour, which spent 299 days in space, orbited Earth 4,671 times and traveled 122,883,151 miles. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2011-4273

PRESSURE SYSTEMS - HIGH PRESSURE AIR SYSTEMS - NITROGEN PURGE - 450 COMBUSTION AIR

S129E007039 - STS-129 - STS-129 / Expedition 21 Crew Members greet one another after Hatch Opening

A left rear view of the space shuttle Challenger landing after a mission in space

Voices for a mighty argument. A long line of big guns being rushed toward completion under the war production program. Guns shown here are being turned out in the major caliber shop of a large eastern arsenal

STS097-305-031 - STS-097 - Views of the aft side of the P6 Truss during the final flyaround

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Another B-24E (Liberator) bomber nears completion on one of the assembly lines at Ford's big Willow Run plant. A paint job comes next. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

STS-92 - Crew with Dryden Director Kevin Petersen and Deputy Director Wally Saywer

STS-76 Space Shuttle Atlantis lands at EAFB

Topics

orbiter purge transporter orbiter purge transporter coolant orbiter coolant transporter discovery orbiter discovery crew hatch access crew hatch access vehicle space shuttle space shuttle side completion transportation syste nasa california edwards air force base technical sergeant high resolution space transportation syste tsgt mike haggerty us air force usaf air force base space program us national archives