Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

Here is a look at Orbiter Endeavour OV-105 in 2011, during preparation for her move to California. #spaceshuttle #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

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

Here is a different view of the Orbiters tail cone for when it would be moved by the 747SCA. It separated into six pierces and would be trucked across the country to where it was needed. #tailcone #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

How to tell when the Space Shuttle went supersonic. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is a look at the payload bay of the Orbiter Endeavour OV-105 in 2012. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is a look at one of the SRB from STS-5, the Solid Rocket Boosters were reused for following missions. During the entire Space Shuttle program, only 4 were lost. #srb #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

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