Space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay has been opened as part of the preparations for the retired orbiter's June 29, 2013 debut on public display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

Space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay has been opened as part of the preparations for the retired orbiter's June 29 debut on public display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

Space shuttle Endeavour is about to get its 'boom' back. The California Science Center has reopened the orbiter's payload bay to complete outfitting the vehicle's cargo hold.

The California Science Center recently added a replica Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) — a boom extension to the shuttle’s Canadian-built robotic arm — to the payload bay, adding to the ...

Second method for transferring the Space Shuttle engine cluster from the aft end of the External Tank to the interior of the Orbiter aft fuselage. 1 = Orbiter payload bay; 2 = LOX tank in after ...

Shuttle engineers were creating structures that had never gone to space. “The payload bay doors are one of the more interesting structural components on the vehicle,” says Dennis Jenkins, a ...

Space Shuttle Main Engines. ... Orbiter. Starting with STS-49 ... with one hatch opening into the mid-deck and the other into the payload bay. In the early 1990s, ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis - World's Most Comprehensive Attraction Devoted to NASA's 30-Year Space Shuttle Program - Opens June 29 at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Close Newsletter Sign Ups ...

When it was flying in orbit, space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay was opened to deploy probes to the planets, send satellites circling the Earth, and deliver the parts to assemble a space station.

Space shuttle Endeavour is about to get its 'boom' back. The California Science Center has reopened the orbiter's payload bay to complete outfitting the vehicle's cargo hold.