Space Shuttle Decommissioning
After the final space shuttle mission in July of 2011, I had the opportunity to shoot gigapixel panoramas inside of all three orbiters during their decommissioning process while on assignment for National Geographic. This two-year project also included blogging about each orbiter’s transition to their final museum displays at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center outside of Washington, DC, and at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
Space Shuttle 360° Virtual Tour:
While on assignment with National Geographic, I had the opportunity to shoot gigapixel panoramas inside of all three space shuttle orbiters during their decommissioning process at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Use this tour to explore the Crew Modules, Airlock, and Payload Bay of Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour while they were inside of the Orbital Processing Facilities at KSC.
Explore additional tours of the space shuttles and other NASA sites here.
Space Shuttle Facilities at Armstrong Flight Research Center:
Located at Edwards Air Force Base and formerly knows as the Dryden Flight Research Center, this facility in California handled all but one landing of the space shuttle that didn't happen in Florida. Highlighted here are some of the aircraft and facilities that made those landings possible.