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My Space Museum: Space Shuttle Columbia strap and construction photos
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Sunday, August 12, 2012. Space Shuttle Columbia strap and construction photos. This week, photos of space shuttle Columbia. As she neared completion, and a relic—a strap that flew on the shuttle. Today, part of Boeing. And almost four years later, on 24 March 1979, Columbia arrived at the Kennedy Space Center. For final integration and testing prior to launch. This series of photos shows workers at Kennedy in 1979 attaching some of the 34,000 tiles that formed Columbia. In fact, Columbia. Is represented ...
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My Space Museum: June 2012
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Space Shuttle Enterprise insulation sample. This week, a photo of—and a physical relic from—the prototype Space Shuttle, Enterprise. Construction work on NASA’s first Space Shuttle orbiter, serial OV-101, commenced on 4 June 1974 at the Rockwell International plant in Downey, California. Rockwell International is today part of Boeing. The plant in Downey was closed in 1999.). Therefore, the shuttle program’s static test article (STA-099) became an orbiter (OV-099, Challenger.
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My Space Museum: September 2012
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012. STS-41-B causeway pass and brochure. This week, some mementos from Space Shuttle mission STS-41-B (originally designated STS-11). Which launched on 3 February 1984. STS-41-B was Space Shuttle Challenger. 8217;s fourth trip to space, and the tenth shuttle flight overall. In most ways, it was an absolutely typical early-80s shuttle mission. The main objectives were to deliver two unremarkable Hughes HS-376. Commercial communication satellites to orbit: Westar 6. The pass itse...
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My Space Museum: Space Shuttle Challenger payload bay liner, photo, and brochure
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012. Space Shuttle Challenger payload bay liner, photo, and brochure. This week another relic, this time from the space shuttle Challenger. Together with some items from around the time of her rollout. OV-099, was the third space shuttle built, and the second to fly in space. She was named after a Royal Navy corvette. Today, part of Boeing. NASA planned to refit the prototype space shuttle Enterprise. The following pamphlet was published by Rockwell International in June 1982 and...
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My Space Museum: August 2012
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Sunday, August 26, 2012. Saturn V poster from MSFC. As I woke up this morning, the sad news of Neil Armstrong’s passing was making its way across the Internet. In Huntsville Alabama that describes the mighty Saturn V rocket that would take the Apollo missions to the moon. First stage ignition and launch. At this point, the launch vehicle stood 110 m (363 ft) tall and weighed 2,800 tonnes (6.2 million pounds). Each of its five F-1 engines produced 6.8 MN (1.5 million lb) of thrust. The second stage, built...