Got invited to attend the Go For Payload event at the California Science Center this Thursday! Can't wait to find out what they're installing inside Endeavour's cargo bay
Quote from: TheFallen on 10/04/2014 02:04 amGot invited to attend the Go For Payload event at the California Science Center this Thursday! Can't wait to find out what they're installing inside Endeavour's cargo bay Take tons of pictures!
Go for Payload! Spacehab installed inside space shuttle Endeavour for displayhttp://www.collectspace.com/news/news-100914a-space-shuttle-endeavour-go-for-payload.html
Great article Robert!!
Even though it's still a little weird that they keep referring to this being the first time the doors of an orbiter have been opened outside an OPF or Palmdale, even though it's not the first...
Quote from: catdlr on 10/09/2014 07:14 pmGreat article Robert!!Thanks!Quote from: Overflow on 10/09/2014 07:33 pmEven though it's still a little weird that they keep referring to this being the first time the doors of an orbiter have been opened outside an OPF or Palmdale, even though it's not the first...At least in my interview (and article), the distinction was made "configured in this way," referencing the GSE that was obtained from NASA Armstrong. KSC used the strongbacks, but not the support stands given Atlantis being mounted the way it is. It's perhaps a minor distinction, but CSC has good reason to be proud of what they've accomplished.