Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

A little bit about the VAB and the crawl to the launch pad. #capecanaveral #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) first release from NB-52B in 1977. #srb #nasa #b52 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

The next SLS launch is around the corner (February) with Artemis II heading to orbit the moon and back to earth. #sls #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 in its mated liftoff configuration of External Tank (ET) and Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB's), at the Marshall Space Flight Center Dynamic Test Stand for a Mated Vertical Ground Vibration Test (MVGVT) in 1978. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft (QSRA) NASA-715 takeoff and landing trials onboard the USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 in 1980. #qsra #nasa #usskittyhawk #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the Sikorsky RSRA - Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (72-002 NASA 740) as a compound helicopter-fixed wing aircraft. #rsra #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A little bit more about the High and Mighty One and X-15 at Pima Air and Space Museum #x15 #nasa #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Did you know the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) for the Space Shuttle program went through drop testing with NASA? This was the Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) which tested the parachute system. #srb #nasa #b52 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is Astronaut Michael Collins, undergoing zero-gravity weightlessness training aboard a KC-135 aircraft. The KC-135 flew a parabolic curve to create zero-gravity condition. #projectgemini #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 seen here being moved from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) after several weeks of fit and function checks performed on the vehicle. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari