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Topic: [Discuss] Preparing the orbiters for public display
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-13-2012 06:44 AM
   
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Originally posted by Spaceguy5:
I noticed all of the external airlocks have the APAS removed.
If I recall correctly, the APAS was removed due to safing requirements (it has ordnance embedded to free the latches if required).As for the overall payload bay configurations, that also relied on the museums' display preferences. A real robotic arm, for example, cannot support its weight in 1G, so a replica is being used in its place for Atlantis' display (that, and there are not enough arms to go around — one went to the Smithsonian, one went back to JSC for possible future use, and the third was shipped back to Canada). |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 08-22-2012 08:15 PM
Any word on what will happen to the tailcone that is on Endeavour? Are they going to keep it on until it moved to the vertical display? Then where will it go once it is done with Endeavour? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-22-2012 08:23 PM
The tailcone will be removed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), before Endeavour is moved through the city streets to the California Science Center. It is slated as of today to then return to the Kennedy Space Center. There are some decisions being made this week that may have an effect on its final disposition. |
SpaceAngel
Member Posts: 307
From: Maryland
Registered: May 2010
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posted 09-20-2012 09:07 PM
I noticed on NASA KSC website picture, that the payload bay doors were closed as said, "for the last time." Will the doors be open as soon as the orbiter gets to its place in the complex center? |
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 1463
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 09-20-2012 09:49 PM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
There are no plaques or name identifiers in the crew compartment.
There is a parts tag but I don't remember where it was located. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-20-2012 11:15 PM
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Originally posted by SpaceAngel:
Will the doors be open as soon as the orbiter gets to its place in the complex center?
Atlantis' payload bay will opened once the orbiter is inside its new exhibit. |
Apollo 8
Member Posts: 176
From: Vienna, Austria
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 11-16-2012 12:28 PM
It might be a little offtopic here, but I think it is now time to say thank you to the staff of collectSPACE for the wonderful coverage of the final ferry flights and the retirement of the space shuttles!For us people here in Europe, who could not watch the orbiters, the many photos on collectSPACE brought us nearer to the events, or, let's better say, they brought the events nearer to us. Having the chance to see the photos of the final ferry flights and the transportation of Enterprise, Discovery, Endeavour and Atlantis gave us once more the feeling to be part of these whole great things, that happened over the last 30 years. Now it is over and I have the same sentimental feeling, I had, as the astronauts of Apollo 17 returned from the last flight to the moon 40 years ago. It is the end of a great era of exploration and ...maybe... again the beginning of a new one. Thank You to collectSPACE for giving us the chance to watch the end of the space shuttle program! |
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