complete with props of the trade
covers Kennedy's push for space
decked out with every shuttle mission on record
decked out with simulators and more lunar modules
deemed to be the most realistic shuttle launch simulator
docking the hubble with the shuttle
drool space nerds!
eagle on moon already!
early command center
Early space exploration exhibit
early test planes
ecology and stuff
either that or be fried by the sun...
ejector seat anyone?
equipment of the trade
every single shuttle built by NASA
exceptional service required!
expanding nozzle booster closeup!
Exploration space!
for a video presentation
future space flight will be done this way commercially
get a seat! show's starting!
going where no man had gone before
got bald eagle?
got command module?
got command module? :3
got orbit?
got rulebook?
got star?
history in the writing, with the last 2 spaces blank for STS-135
hot days are typical here
houston no find eagle!
houston we have liftoff!
huge bulkhead is huge!
ignition!
in no better way than a classic corvette
including astronauts from training and commercial airplane accidents
including that of not so fortunate ones
including the superstructure
information panels by the exhitbits
Inside the VAB (not the small shuttle inside)
it even has intelligent sounding words written all over it!
It's a 60-foot-tall Launch Complex
it's a full-scale replica of actual Space Shuttles
it's a huge building, mush bigger than a hangar
it's a live talk
It's a national memorial by Congress and President George Bush, dedicated in 1991
it's blast deflector!
it's butt in glory!
it's where all the shuttle components are brought together