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Forum:	Space Shuttles - Space Station
Topic:	[Discuss] Preparing the orbiters for public display

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rocketman!: [B]<BLOCKQUOTE>[i]On March 9, 2012, Atlantis was towed from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (OPF-1), where it will continue to be prepared for public display. On its way to the OPF, <a href="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/001063.html#030912a">Atlantis passed by space shuttle Discovery</a>, which was rolled into the VAB.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> While we have seen a few of these chance pairings on previous occasions, I cannot recall a time when all three orbiters were seen together. It seems that the time may be right for a [i]Space Shuttle family portrait.[/i] There are less than three weeks before Discovery's departure to the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center. Never again will all three remaining space-flown orbiters be together in one place ... and joined with the last flying 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The opportunity to stage a group photo seems too good to pass up, even if there may still be some parts missing on one or two of the orbiters. I wonder what it would take to make it happen ... <center><img src="http://daveginsberg.net/external/collectspace/shuttle-family-portrait_Dave-Ginsberg_400x210.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="210"> <font size="-2">Photoshop mash up by Dave Ginsberg. Originals: NASA</font></center> [/B][/QUOTE]
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