STS-27 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, is launched from KSC Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B for a Department of Defense (DOD) dedicated mission. OV-104, riding atop the external tank (ET), rises above mobile launcher platform and launch pad with the launch tower still visible in background. Image #: s27-s-005 Date: Read More →
Photographic documentation showing astronauts in Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU) working on both Experimental Assembly of Structures in Extravehicular Activity (EASE) and on Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures (ACCESS) in the payload bay of the orbiter Atlantis during STS-61B. Image #: 61b-45-029 Date: November 28, 1985 via Flickr Read More →
With five astronauts aboard, the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Launch Pad 39A. Launch occurred at 7:30:43:071 a.m. (EST), November 12, 1995. The crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross Read More →
A flock of birds take flight shortly after the Space Shuttle Atlantis arrives at Pad 39B after being rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building approximately six hours before. Atlantis launched in late November 1988 on Space Shuttle mission STS-27, a Department of Defense dedicated mission. This was Atlantis’ third Read More →
A flock of birds take flight shortly after the Space Shuttle Atlantis arrives at Pad 39B after being rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building approximately six hours before. Atlantis launched in late November 1988 on Space Shuttle mission STS-27, a Department of Defense dedicated mission. This was Atlantis’ third Read More →
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