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OV-105 (cn OV-105) Endeavour makes a frigid trek to Launch Pad 39A at dawn Jan. 6 for STS-130, the first of the five remaining planned shuttle missions. The icy 3.5 mile trip in subfreezing temperatures took some six hours to complete. |
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Photo ID: 1636516
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) The Space Shuttle Endeavour stands poised for launch in the early morning sun. |
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Photo ID: 1628181
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) Space Shuttle Endeavour makes the quarter-mile trip from its Orbiter Processing Facility into the 525-foot Vehicle Assembly Building, where it will be attached by crane to the external tank and solid rocket boosters that will take it into space on mission STS-130 in February. |
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Photo ID: 1627994
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) Space Shuttle Endeavour makes the quarter-mile trip from its Orbiter Processing Facility into the 525-foot Vehicle Assembly Building, where it will be attached by crane to the external tank and solid rocket boosters that will take it into space on mission STS-130 in February. |
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Photo ID: 1610401
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) Birds fly as Shuttle Endeavour rockets off the launch pad on mission STS-118. |
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Photo ID: 1596276
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) Shuttle Endeavour is reflected in nearby water as it lights up the Central Florida night on mission STS-123, 2:28am EDT March 11, 2008. |
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Photo ID: 1592354
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OV-104 (cn OV-104) Shuttle Atlantis sits on Launch Pad 39A (foreground) with Endeavour in the background, in preparation for STS-125, the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Endeavour is to be ready to launch as a rescue shuttle within one week of Atlantis, as this is the only post-Columbia shuttle mission not going to the space station. It is the last planned time two shuttles will occupy the pads at the same time, and only the third time ever both are visible with launch towers retracted. |
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Photo ID: 1588622
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) Shuttle Endeavour, tall as an 18-story building and weighing 4.5 million pounds at liftoff, roars into orbit atop 7.5 million pounds of thrust on mission STS-123 to the International Space Station at 2:28am EST, March 11, 2008. |
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Photo ID: 1580444
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) "Endeavour" is gently carried away at approx. .8 MPH from Pad 39B at sunrise. The convoy of vehicles are providing support to the crawler vehicle. This particular pad was turned over to the Constellation program immediately after thus making this the last shuttle leaving this pad after 28 years of operations. The new 600 foot lightning rods have already been erected and can be seen here. |
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Photo ID: 1578011
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) "Endeavour" leaves Earth on the approx. 6.5 million mile STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. Here she is shaping her trajectory to make the 51.6 degree orbital insertion angle. Picture is from approx. 4 miles from the pad with 73mm focal length. |
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Photo ID: 1563363
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) "Endeavour" glides to Earth and is above the runway around the 1500 ft mark at NASA-KSC. Commander Mark Polansky and Pilot Doug Hurley (USMC) had main gear touchdown at 10:48:08 a.m. EDT, nose gear touchdown 10:48:21 a.m. EDT, and wheels stop at 10:49:13 a.m. EDT for a flawless landing. "Roger wheels stopped, Endeavour. Welcome home," was the response from Mission Control. |
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Photo ID: 1546295
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) The 12 million pound Space Shuttle System comprising of the orbiter (OV-105),two solid rocket booster and external tank sits on Mobile Launch Platform #2 which is being carried by a crawler vehicle. The crawler uses a laser guidance system and a leveling system to keep the Mobile Launcher Platform level, with the tip of the external tank vertical within plus or minus 10 minutes of arc. Here "Endeavour" is being moved from Pad 39A to Pad 39B (will probably never happen again in the STS program). |
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Photo ID: 1540380
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) You are looking at the orbiter "Endeavour" and her three main engines. " The energy released by three of Rocketdyne's Space Shuttle Main engines is equivalent to the output of 13 Hoover Dams." Imagine the power the astronauts sit on top of. She is being positioned for the upcoming STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. |
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Photo ID: 1537095
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) "Endeavour" in the launch position approx. 12 days before flight. There are special protective covers on all the windows and RCS nozzles that will be removed before flight. The white blankets (seen here) coating the aircraft are made of coated Nomex felt reusable surface insulation. They are used on the upper payload bay doors, portions of the midfuselage and aft fuselage sides, portions of the upper wing surface and a portion of the OMS/RCS pods for heat exclusion. Note the extreme effects of re-entry. |
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Photo ID: 1489157
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OV-105 (cn OV-105) "Endeavour" on the last few hundred meters of her coast to coast piggygback ride. As you can see clearly, the fuselage surfaces of the orbiter and the 747 show a very different appearence. The effects of space flight can be vividly seen on the orbiter while the 747 shows such a polished,clean mirror look. |
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