Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
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In the #KSC Visitors Complex #AtlantisMuseuem, #NASA’s #SpaceShuttle #Orbiter #Atlantis is displayed for the public as if were in #space.
The payload bay doors are open, the #APAS docking ring is extended, and the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System #SRMS, or #Canadarm, is stretched out of the #payloadbay for visitors to get a close look at.
This photograph shows the #endeffector, which clasped onto specially build grapple-holds so the robot arm can firmly grasp its payload.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/canadarm-end-effector-2-heron-and-fox.html
#ksc #atlantismuseuem #nasa #spaceshuttle #orbiter #atlantis #Space #apas #srms #canadarm #payloadbay #endeffector
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
30 followers · 228 posts · Server universeodon.com
At the end of :nasa: #NASA’s #SpaceShuttle program, the #Orbiters were given to museums for display to the public. #Discovery went to the #Smithsonian, #Atlantis remained in #Florida the #KSCVC / #VisitorsComplex at the privately-funded #AtlantisMuseuem.
#Endeavour was given to the #CaliforniaScienceCenter, which planned to display the orbiter as if ready for launch, attached to a spare #ExternalTank and replica #SRBs.
Here, Endeavour is in the #MateDemateDevice / #MDD. The MDD lifts the Orbiter up so that the #ShuttleCarrierAircraft, a #Boeing 747, can have the Shuttle mounted on its back to fly elsewhere, or be removed from the #SCA after being returned to #KSC after landing elsewhere.
The carrier aircraft is visible just under and behind Endeavour.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/endeavour-in-the-mate-demate-device-heron-and-fox.html
#nasa #spaceshuttle #orbiters #discovery #smithsonian #atlantis #florida #kscvc #visitorscomplex #atlantismuseuem #endeavour #californiasciencecenter #externaltank #srbs #matedematedevice #mdd #shuttlecarrieraircraft #boeing #sca #ksc