Orbiter Atlantis OV-104
We look back (Dec. 2003) at Orbiter Atlantis OV-104 being prepared for launch in September 2004 on the first return-to-flight mission,...
STS-39 & STS-41
#otd This rare view on September 5 1990, shows on adjacent Launch Complex 39 pads with the Rotating Service Structures retracted. The...
Discovery OV-103 Touching Down (1985)
#otd Orbiter Discovery OV-103 lands on Runway 23, Edwards Air Force Base, CA, to successfully complete STS-51-I mission, 3 September...
Space Shuttle mock-up Pathfinder (1978)
A look back at the space shuttle mock-up, dubbed Pathfinder, performs a lift test in the Vehicle Assembly Building on May 31, 1978. The...
OV-103 Discovery returned to KSC (2005)
#otd Orbiter Discovery OV-103, atop SCA 747, following touch down at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Aug. 21, 2005 after a ferry flight...
Undocking from ISS (2001)
#otd STS-105 Orbiter Discovery OV-103 just after undocking from the International Space Station backdropped by the darkness of space and...
End of STS-85 at the Cape
#otd The drag chute of the Orbiter Discovery OV-103 is fully deployed while landing on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center, August 19,...
Orbiter Discovery going for a Ride
#otd Orbiter Discovery OV-103 riding on NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for the flight from the Dryden Flight...
Center tank release STS-78
STS-78 external tank documented after separation from Orbiter Columbia OV-102. The now empty fuel tank falls away from the shuttle...
Return of Columbia (1982)
#otd Landing of Orbiter Columbia OV-102 STS-4 at Edwards AFB. President Ronald Reagan met the crew on the runway, 4 July 1982. #ov102...
