Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

Orbiter OV-102 Columbia touches down on lakebed runway 23 at Edwards AFB, CA to conclude the first orbital shuttle mission STS-1, 14 April 1981. Note the split rudder open to slow it down. #sts1 #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the Space Shuttle Simulator in 1980! #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is NASA 905 747SCA with Orbiter Discovery OV-103 on top preparing to take off from KSC in 2012. #747sca #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Testing of the Space Shuttle landing gear system, visible between the two main landing gear components on this NASA CV-990, modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft. The Space Shuttle landing gear test unit, operated by a high-pressure hydraulic system, allowed engineers to assess and document the performance of space shuttle main and nose landing gear systems, tires and wheel assemblies, plus braking and nose wheel steering performance. #convair990 #spaceshuttle #nasa

Here is close up top down view of Orbiter Endeavour OV-105 seen from ISS during STS-111 in 2010. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the Convair 990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA), in flight over NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB for a test of the space shuttle landing gear system. The space shuttle landing gear test unit, operated by a high-pressure hydraulic system, allowed engineers to assess and document the performance of space shuttle main and nose landing gear systems, tires and wheel assemblies, plus braking and nose wheel steering performance. The series of 155

A look at Orbiter Atlantis OV-104 connected to the Mir Space Station in 1996. #mirspacestation #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Egress options on the Space Shuttle #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is a cutaway of a Space Shuttle, it also gives you an idea of how small the living space was for the crew. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Orbiter Discovery OV-103 atop a NASA Boeing 747SCA as it flies over the Space Launch Complex No. 6 at Vandenberg in 1984. #spaceshuttle #ov103 #nasa #boneyardsafari #vandenbergafb