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Adventure's end: Space Center Houston removing mock shuttle nose [i]For almost 25 years, visitors entering Space Center Houston have been greeted by the sight of a space shuttle emerging from between two doors. That orbiter's mission is now coming to an end. The "Adventure" is being removed. The shuttle mockup, or at least the orbiter's nose-section protruding from a façade designed to look like NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida, gave the public in Texas a chance to see the sheer size of the spacecraft's crew cabin, inside and out. But, with the real orbiters retired and, with the recent addition to Space Center Houston of a full-length replica orbiter, the Adventure is giving way to the future of space exploration.[/i]
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