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This is the barge that brings in the External Tanks from New Orleans. |
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So, there was alot of media here for some reason... |
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Launch pad 39A is empty and under renovation for quite a while still. |
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The road to 39A is pretty cool looking. |
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That launch pad is so awesome looking... even without a space shuttle. I wish we knew where one was... |
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Liquified Hydrogen Flammable Gas |
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Space Shuttle Discovery!... or at least the External Tank(ET) and Solid Rocket Boosters(SRB). The stupid Rotating Service Structure(RSS) is covering up the orbiter and won't be pulled away until later that evening. |
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Launch Pad 39B |
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Michael and the Space Shuttle |
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More Liquified Hydrogen |
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Space Shuttle Discovery and the Cover brothers. |
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Space Shuttle Discovery and the Cover brothers. |
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One of those super remote operated telescopes for launch day is getting setup. |
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I can't seem to get that grin wiped off my face. |
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The telescope again. |
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Sign explaining how 39B is arranged. |
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Shuttle on the pad. |
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One of several lighting detectors on the complex. I guess they spin magnesium or some metal around and count electrons. |
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More satellite dishes for the media on hand |
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I like how some of the bigger names have permanent facilities on the media site. |
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The VAB up close |
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That NASA logo is huge, something like a 8 stories tall. The flag is about 20 stories tall. |
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Me acting all cool in front of the VAB. |
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Michael and VAB |
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The Cover brothers and VAB. We had Nick, our tour guide take this picture for us. |
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Orbiter processing facility. This is where the space shuttle are stored and worked on. |
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Orbiter processing facility. This is where the space shuttle are stored and worked on. |
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Orbiter processing facility. This is where the space shuttle are stored and worked on. |
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Control Tower at the Space Shuttle Landing facility. |
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Some of the equipment that is used to remove the toxins in the space shuttle after landing. |
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Part of the runway that the shuttle lands on. |
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In the Saturn V center, they had the very control room that they launched Apollo missions from. Very cool. |
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In the Saturn V center, they had the very control room that they launched Apollo missions from. Very cool. |
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They recreated the launch of Apollo 8, the first mission that put men around the moon. Started at the T-minus 3 minute mark. |
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A Saturn V in all it's glory. The thing is huge. |
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The business end of a Saturn V. |
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The length/height of a Saturn V is staggering in person. |
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I saw this and I got goosebumps. RIP Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger Chaffee. |
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Did I mention the Saturn V is huge? |
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Section between 1st and second stage. |
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If you look in the little opening in the middle, you can see launch pad 39B. |
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Ah, there it is. |
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Again. |
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The upper stage of the Saturn V. The Lunar Module(LM) is stored here and the Service Module and Command Module are stacked on top of it. |
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Lunar Module |