Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

MECO on the Space Shuttle launch. #meco #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the left Orbital Maneuvering System, or OMS, pod on Orbiter Atlantis OV-104. The OMS provided the shuttle with thrust for orbit insertion, rendezvous and deorbit, and could provide up to 1,000 pounds of propellant to the aft reaction control system. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Space Shuttles had a different number of thermal tiles between the Orbiters, but why? #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is a look at two launch and entry seats installed on the Orbiter Endeavour's OV-105 aft flight deck. Once in orbit these were stowed. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Did you know Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 had ejection seats? Here is Astronaut Joe Engle in the cockpit at the Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) prior to takeoff of the 747SCA in 1977. You can see the outline of the hatch in the top of the photo. #ejectionseat #nasa #spaceshuttle #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

During the Space Shuttle program there was a crew compartment mockup for practicing rescue and recovery training, here it is at Edwards AFB in 2005. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A look back at the Kuiper Airborne Observatory with its telescope door open, just in front of the center wing box. #kuiper #nasa #c141 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Looking back at the launch of Apollo 14 from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, FL 31 Jan. 1971. #apollo14 #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Before NASA SOFIA was C-141 (NASA-714) Kuiper Airborne Observatory in 1973. #kuiper #nasa #c141 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the NASA Eclipse project with a C-141 towing a QF-106 in tethered flight in 1997. #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari