Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

Here is Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 in 1979 being moved from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The move back to the VAB was at the end of several weeks of fit and function checks performed on the vehicle, in preparation for the launch of Orbiter Columbia. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A look back at Challenger aboard 747SCA 905 in Houston for a stop on the way back to the Cape. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 in position on the Space Launch Complex (SLC) #6, commonly known as "SLICK 6", with the work enclosure in place around the shuttle at Vandenberg, AFB in 1985. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Did you know in March 1985 Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 practiced landing approaches at Vandenberg AFB at night to evaluate performance and systems in darkness? #spaceshuttle #ov101 #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A bit more about the Space Shuttle launch. #nasa #spaceshuttle #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A little bit about Space Shuttle landings. #spaceshuttle #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Space Shuttle Enterprise on its first tail cone off flight in 1977, that’s an accurate nose down angle. #enterprise #spaceshuttle #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Did you know on STS-49 Space Shuttle Endeavour made its flight and utilized a new drag chute system on landing, May 1992. The rest of the fleet was then retrofitted with the drag chute system. #spaceshuttle #sts49 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A unique photo of Shuttle engine out testing done after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. This was part of the investigation after the Challenger accident in 1988. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Space Shuttle Enterprise OV-101 arriving at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in 2012. #spaceshuttle #enterprise #ov101 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari