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VAB in Progress
Posted by Danielle in Perspectives, Picspam on August 11, 2011
Taken in 1965, the above photo shows the construction of the Vehicle Assembly Building, where fine moon rockets and space shuttle stacks were assembled.
Complex 39 reflection shot of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) under construction with the Launch Control Center (LCC) and Service Towers as seen from across the Turning Basin.
Here’s what it looks like circa 2011:
And at night:
A Night Journey
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on March 8, 2011
A Night Journey, © Atilla Hejja
While at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex one afternoon, a friend and I happened upon an exhibit of NASA-commissioned space art. I happily snapped reference photos of everything I liked, in order to post as many of them as possible here for your enjoyment! A Night Journey is one of my favorites, and you can order the lithograph from KSCVC. A gorgeous piece!!
Lift Me Up
Image credit: Jen Scheer (@flyingjenny)
Space Shuttle Discovery was originally taking STS-133 spaceward on September 16th. One reason I decided to attend this launch was that it coincided, more or less, with my birthday (today.) A Space Shuttle launch for my birthday! Dream come true! And so I saved up for my big trip to Florida.
Although the launch has since moved to November 1st, I still consider it my “birthday trip”, albeit belated, so it seems only appropriate to put dear Discovery on my blog today. This fantastic photo by @flyingjenny was taken September 10th, and shows Discovery being hoisted up to be mated with the external tank and SRBs, in the Vehicle Assembly Building. One step closer to launch!
Heavy Lifting
Image Credit & Copyright: Ben Cooper, LaunchPhotography.com
The VAB is something I’ve always wanted to see — the size boggles the mind. (At least, every photo or video I’ve seen of it has boggled my mind.) What can you say about a building that has its own weather inside?
Space Shuttle Atlantis embarks tomorrow on its final at the moment mission. Godspeed Atlantis and the crew of STS-132!
Atlantis has lifted off, but not from launch pad 39A. Instead, this sharp, wide-angle photo taken on April 13, shows the space shuttle orbiter lifted off the floor of Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building. Shortly afterwards, Atlantis was attached to an external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters prior to roll out. Now resting on pad 39A, Atlantis is scheduled for its actual liftoff on May 14. Embarking on the STS-132 mission to the International Space Station, that launch will represent the final scheduled launch for Atlantis. Atlantis was named for a sailing ship operated for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute from 1930 to 1966. The maiden voyage of the Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle-104, began on October 3, 1985. In 1991, Atlantis deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
Randomspace
This post inspired by Woot’s Bag of (Random) Crap, because……. just because. Random space images.
Progress spaceship undocking in the twilight, by @Astro_Soichi
This is just… extremely cool. ↑
This lovely lady was sent to me by a friend. ↓
Buenaventura, Gioconda 2001 by David Teixidor
This makes the VAB look terribly mysterious. Puts a little more -fi in the sci? ↓
And finally, here’s a striking Jawa. ↓
Jawa, by smokebelch @ Flickr
Ares I-X
Posted by Danielle in News & Happenings on August 19, 2009
A new rocket stands in the Vehicle Assembly Building — the Ares I-X:
Standing tall at its fully assembled height of 327 feet, the Ares I-X is one of the largest rockets ever processed in the Vehicle Assembly Building’s High Bay 3, Super Stack 5 at the Kennedy Space Center.
Ares I-X rivals the height of the Apollo Program’s 364-foot-tall Saturn V. Five super stacks make up the rocket’s upper stage that is integrated with the four-segment solid rocket booster first stage. Ares I-X is the test vehicle for the Ares I, which is part of the Constellation Program to return humans to the moon and beyond.
The Ares I-X flight test currently is targeted for Oct. 31.
Image Credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
No-Launch Sunday
In case you were wondering why STS-127 did NOT launch yesterday, this is why. [points up, points down]
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