Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

Orbiter Endeavour OV-105 detached from the mate-demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's KSC in Florida. The view allows a good look at the forward RCS module as well as the scars from reentry behind the nose. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A look at the nose gear on Orbiter Atlantis OV-104 as the doors were being closed in preparation for STS-121 in 2005. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

How Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 was configured in the full stack in 1979. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is Orbiter Discovery OV-103 in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the overhead lifting sling hoists her off the transporter in 2007. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Orbiter Discovery OV-103 suspended vertically from an overhead crane in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at KSC in 2005. Note the arrows point to the location of the connection to the External Tank (ET) that fed fuel to the Orbiter, the doors would close upon jettisoning of the ET. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari P

Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour being hoisted aloft in the Mate-Demate gantry at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center before being mounted atop its modified 747 carrier aircraft for a ferry flight back to KSC in 2008 #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour being lifted off its transporter. It was raised to a vertical position and lifted up into high bay 1 to be attached to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for launch on the STS-123 mission in 2008. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Per request, here is Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour on the mate demate gantry in 2012 ready for the 747SCA to roll underneath. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

How Space Shuttle pilots trained to land! #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Per request, here is the mate-demate gantry at Edwards AFB with Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour being mated to the 747SCA in 2008 for return to KSC. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari