Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
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#SpaceSaturday: The #Apollo 14 Command Module, named Kitty Hawk for the first place a heavier-than-air aircraft took off, just decades before #spacecraft took people to the #Moon.
#KittyHawk is on display at the #museum at the Kennedy #Space Center Visitors Complex’s Apollo/Saturn V Center, alongside a full-sized #SaturnV #rocket. It was recovered from the Pacific Ocean after landing by the USS New Orleans.
It sent Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell to the Moon, and Stuart Roosa into lunar orbit along on #KittyHawk.
#Photograph, #Photography, #Photograph, #Apollo14, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #KSCVC, #ApolloSaturnVCenter, #USSNewOrleans, #CommandModule, #ApolloProgram, #ApolloCommandMondule, #Florida, #FlowSpacecraft
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/apollo-14-cm-kitty-hawk-at-the-apollo-saturn-v-center-heron-and-fox.html
#spacesaturday #apollo #spacecraft #moon #kittyhawk #museum #Space #saturnv #rocket #photograph #photography #apollo14 #kennedyspacecenter #ksc #kscvc #apollosaturnvcenter #ussneworleans #commandmodule #apolloprogram #apollocommandmondule #florida #flowspacecraft
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
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This is a view of :nasa: #NASA’s #SpaceShuttle #Atlantis’ aft section on display in the #AtlantisMuseum, #KSCVC. #Florida with #OMS pods and 3 replica #SSMEs installed.
The three Space Shuttle Main #Engines burned liquid hydrogen #LH2 and liquid oxygen #LOX stored in the External Tank to push the #Shuttle into #orbit.
The OMS helped the #Orbiter enter its final, intended orbit and carry out its mission.
OMS and the #RCS were both fueled by toxic, but #storable #hypergolic propellants ( #MMH and #N204). These components had to be #decontaminated before displaying them.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlantis-engine-section-heron-and-fox.html
#nasa #spaceshuttle #atlantis #atlantismuseum #kscvc #florida #oms #ssmes #engines #lh2 #lox #shuttle #orbit #orbiter #rcs #storable #hypergolic #mmh #n204 #decontaminated
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