and sterile bay access area
other variants of plane launch
An insight of the VAB
future space flight will be done this way commercially
Inside the VAB (not the small shuttle inside)
The welcome area of LC 39
The various component of the launch pad
Up the LC 39 Observation Gantry
with the nozzle on the ground floor
A savaged challenger shuttle rocket booster
The top floors
This is a tower you can climb
and Propellant Storage and Service Area
the outdoor viewing areas
Launch complex LC39A in the distance
The VAB
overview of the nearby crawler tracks
Atlantis STS-135 all ready on Pad A
used for Space Shuttle launches. First stop on the KSC tour
a sight we will never see again
to get a good view of the two launch pads
LC-37 looks like an antenna farm
The Cape Canaveral Air Force Station down south
LC-41, where Voyager 2 probe was launched in 1977
looks just like in the picture!
Scenic view over the Indian river
as explained in this illustration
Alantis covered by the service structure
all the best for STS-135
lets get a move on!
look cool engraved tags!
hot days are typical here
Moving onto the next part of our tour!
The Apollo/Saturn V Center!
Quick facts of the day.
and we are in!
of what made it possible
for a video presentation
Contains one of only three Saturn V rockets still in existence. Made up of S-IC-T (test stage) and the second and third stages
simulation of mission control of the launch
3-2-1 launch!
all ready to go houston!
look outside!
the space race indeed!
in no better way than a classic corvette
The Saturn V's a huge boy
more space porn!
stages of the rocket
note the hanger like environment?
More VAB 101