Lime Kiln Lighthouse

Lime Kiln Lighthouse on the west side of San Juan Island, Washington

Lime Kiln Lighthouse on the west side of San Juan Island, Washington

Lime Kiln Lighthouse on the west side of San Juan Island, Washington

Lime Kiln Lighthouse on the west side of San Juan Island, Washington

Lime Kiln Lighthouse on the west side of San Juan Island, Washington

Showing posts with label space shuttle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label space shuttle. Show all posts

Saturday, March 23, 2013

No. 172 Charles Simonyi Space Gallery

Charles Simonyi Space Gallery
Museum of Flight
Seattle, WA
http://www.museumofflight.org/

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In 2011 the 15,500-square-foot Charles Simonyi Space Gallery was built across the street from the Museum of Flight and connected to the main campus via a pedestrian sky bridge. The Gallery features space artifacts from the US and Russian Human Space Flight Programs.
In 2012 NASA awarded the Space Shuttle Trainer to the Museum of Flight. The Space Shuttle Trainer is a full size mockup of the Space Shuttle. It stands 4 stories tall and over 100 feet long. This piece of space exploration history was used by all 355 astronauts during the 30 year shuttle program in prepartion for their flight into space. You can our the open payload bat section of the trainer with your regular museum admission, or reserve a one-hour tour of the crew compartment.





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Charles Simonyi Space Gallery



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Saturday, June 30, 2012

No. 61 NASA Super Guppy brings home 1st Major Piece of Shuttle Trainer

June 30th, 2012
Boeing Field
King County International Airport, Seattle Washington


John Brecher / msnbc.com
 One of the strangest flying metal bird in aviation history came by Seattle, Wa to drop off its first of three special deliveries. Just before noon NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft, carrying Crew Compartment of the Space Shuttle Trainer, broke through some low ceiling clouds just in time to make a low level flyover over the runway before heading to downtown Seattle on its way up the shoreline to Everett, WA.  Super Guppy NASA941 returned to Boeing Field around 12:30pm to a large crowed gathered along the runway, Perimter Road, the Hills, and the Museum of Flight Parking Lot.





NASA Super Guppy
Super Guppy Cargo Transport over Elliot Bay, Seattle WA
NASA Super Guppy
Super Guppy over Georgetown District
NASA Super Guppy
NASA Super Guppy flies low over the Runway at Boeing Field
NASA Super Guppy
NASA Guppy flies abeam the Museum of Flight
NASA Super Guppy
Shuttle Trainer headed for downtown Seattle
Space Needle meets Space Shuttle (Joshua Trujillo, seattlepi.com)

NASA Super Guppy
Shuttle on Short Final
NASA Super Guppy
The FST has landed in the Emerald City
NASA Super Guppy
First large Fuselage Section rolls down the runway to Museum of Flight
NASA Super Guppy
Bring the Shuttle FST to its new home