Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
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In order for #NASA to test #hardware and #software to allow an #interplanetary #spacecraft to select a landing site amid a field of hazards, it built a “#lunar #hazard field” was built at the end of the Shuttle Landing Facility, creating a #MoonScape in #Florida..
The Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology, ALHAT, was to use #LIDAR to scan the surface and identify safe landing zones and steer a landing spacecraft toward safety and away from danger.
It was placed on the #methane-burning Project #Morpheus vehicle meant to test methane propellants.
Unfortunate Morpheus exploded during testing before #ALHAT could get data, but the experiment was rebuilt. # AutonomousLandingAndHazardAvoidanceTechnology, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #ShuttleLandingFacility, #ProjectMorpheus, #Landscape, #LandscapePhotography, #Photography, #Photograph, #Photo
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#nasa #hardware #software #interplanetary #spacecraft #lunar #hazard #moonscape #florida #lidar #methane #morpheus #alhat #kennedyspacecenter #ksc #shuttlelandingfacility #projectmorpheus #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #photograph #photo
Above Oldsmar · @aboveoldsmar
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#PlaneAlert ICAO: #A50F5F Tail: #N425NA
Owner: #NASA
Aircraft: #Eurocopter EC135
2023/04/15 12:54:29
#EC35 #SceToAux #Astronauts #ShuttleLandingFacility https://www.nasa.gov
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#planealert #a50f5f #n425na #nasa #eurocopter #ec35 #scetoaux #astronauts #shuttlelandingfacility
Heron&Fox Photo · @heronfoxphoto
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When the time came to take #NASA’s Space #Shuttle #Discovery to the Smithsonian near Washington, the Shuttle Carrier #Aircraft was employed, as it usually was when the #SpaceShuttle needed to move.
This required the #Orbiter to be moved inside a truss-work structured called the Mate-Demate #Device, lifted up by cranes, and the #Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Airfcraft moved underneath for the Shuttle to be secured for transport.
An aerodynamic tail cone makes the #SCA easier to control.
The #MDD is next to the Shuttle Landing Facility.
#SpaceShuttleOrbiter, #SpaceShuttleDiscovery, #MateDemateDevice, #MDD, #ShuttleCarierAircraft, #Boeing747, #SCA, #ShuttleLandingFacility, #SLF, #Aviation, #AviationPhotography, #Spacecraft, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo
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#nasa #shuttle #discovery #aircraft #spaceshuttle #orbiter #device #boeing #sca #mdd #spaceshuttleorbiter #spaceshuttlediscovery #matedematedevice #shuttlecarieraircraft #boeing747 #shuttlelandingfacility #slf #aviation #aviationphotography #spacecraft #photograph #photography #photo