Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
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The two metal structures are the flame #deflectors, which are meant to sit under the #launch table during launch to divert #rocket #exhaust away from the #vehicle to avoid thermal, acoustic, or debris issues, as well as to minimize damage to #pad #infrastructure.
Theses #FlameDeflectors were used at LC-34 for the #Saturn I and the larger, wider one was used for the upgraded Saturn IB. Flame delflectors are meant to divert the #exhaust of a #rocket as it #launches to protect the #vehicle and #pad #infrastructure.
After the #Apollo Program was finished, #LC34’s tower was dismantlted to prevent its uncontrolled collapse due to rust from the salt spray. The rest was #abandoned in place and a #memorial #plaque and kiosk were to memorialize the deaths of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee during the Apollo 1 fire.
#CapeCanaveralAirForceStatsion, #CCAFS, #Apollo1, #AbandonInPlace
Buy a print: https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/lc-34-flame-deflectors-heron-and-fox.html
#deflectors #launch #rocket #exhaust #vehicle #pad #infrastructure #flamedeflectors #saturn #launches #apollo #lc34 #abandoned #memorial #plaque #capecanaveralairforcestatsion #ccafs #apollo1 #abandoninplace
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
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#SpaceSaturdary: The first #SpaceX #Falcon9 #Heavy #rocket launched from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. Crowds gathered across the #SpaceCoast to watch, including at Playalinda Beach.
In this #photograph, the rocket has risen above a hill, covered with eager viewers, while the three-cored rocket rising on three, firey exhaust plumes, and smoke billowing off to the left.
The views (and Fox, the #photographer) had waited hours in the hot Sun to see this. The #joy in the crowd is #palpable. One person has thrown their arms in the air, celebrating the rocket’s victory.
This #Falcon9Heavy carried an electric vehicle mounted on its upper stage as a test payload.
There is a sea grape bush in the foreground on the left.
#KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #PlayalindaBeach, #CapeCanaveralAirForceStation, #CCAFS, #SeaGrapeBush
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/first-falcon-9-heavy-rises-heron-and-fox.html
#spacesaturdary #spacex #falcon9 #heavy #rocket #spacecoast #photograph #photographer #joy #palpable #falcon9heavy #kennedyspacecenter #ksc #playalindabeach #capecanaveralairforcestation #ccafs #seagrapebush
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
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A #photograph of a United Launch Alliance #ULA #AtlasV rocket in its 401 configuration, with no #SRBs and a 4 meter fairing.
The #rocket is on its Mobile Launch Platform #MLP that is being pushed from the Vertical Integration Facility #VIF to the #launch pad at LC-41 at #CCAFS.
#photograph #ula #atlasv #srbs #rocket #mlp #vif #launch #ccafs
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
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When #NASA’s #MarsScienceLaboratory #MSL #rover #Curiosity left #Earth, it did so on top of a United Launch Alliance #ULA #AtlasV #rocket.
The #Atlas is stacked in a Vertical Integration Facility #VIF on top of its Mobile Launch Platform #MLP, which is then moved by locomotive to SLC-41 at #CapeCanaveral Air Force Station #CCAFS.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-msl-prelaunch-6-heron-and-fox.html
#nasa #marssciencelaboratory #msl #rover #curiosity #earth #ula #atlasv #rocket #atlas #vif #mlp #capecanaveral #ccafs
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
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A #photograph taken of the #sunrise over #CapeCanaveral Air Force Station #CCAFS, with a United Launch Alliance #DeltaIVHeavy #rocket, waiting on SLC-37B, to carry a payload to #orbit for the #NRO
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/sunrise-next-to-slc-37b-with-delta-iv-heavy-heron-and-fox.html
#photograph #sunrise #capecanaveral #ccafs #deltaivheavy #rocket #orbit #nro
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
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A #photograph of a United Launch Alliance #ULA #AltasV #rocket #liftingoff with a #GPS BlockII-F from #SLC40 in #CapeCanaveral Air Force Station #CCAFS. This version of the Atlas V is carrying its payload in a 4 meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters, and a single RL-10 on its #Centaur upper stage.
The first stage’s Russian-made RD-180 #engine is beginning to develop its full #thrust, and slowly lifting the 401 off the pad.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-gps-iif-liftoff-heron-and-fox.html
(Edited to include link)
#photograph #ula #altasv #rocket #liftingoff #gps #slc40 #capecanaveral #ccafs #centaur #engine #thrust
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
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A United Launch Alliance #ULA #AtlasV 431 #rocket #launches from Cape Canaveral #CCAFS. It is equipped with a 4 meter fairing, 3 solid rocket boosters #SRBs, and a single RL-10 #engine on the #Centaur upper stage. The #Atlas V uses a #Russian RD-180 engine in its core stage, a deal worked out to prevent Russian technology from ending up in places the US didn’t want. So US companies were encouraged to form such partnerships.
Unfortunately they are no longer tenable.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-echostar-xix-peaks-over-the-dune-heron-and-fox.html
#ula #atlasv #rocket #launches #ccafs #srbs #engine #centaur #atlas #russian
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Kate · @katpez
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Why did this hanger-ish structure appear at the Turn Basin 2 weeks ago? What was #BlueOrigin moving to their pad? Anyone? #KennedySpaceCenter #NASA #Space #Pad36 #CCAFS
#blueorigin #kennedyspacecenter #nasa #space #pad36 #ccafs