The space shuttle is picked up with a hydraulic lifting crane the cradles it from both sides as it is lifted up and placed atop a specially modified 747. I wish I could provide a video for you but I can't find one.
Here is the video link: http://www.space.com/15214-space-shuttle-ferry-era-final-flights-video.html
The space shuttle launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and has landed both back at the Kennedy Space Center but also at the Edwards Air Force Base in California and the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico most recently due to poor weather at the Kennedy Space Center. Landing facilities at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX are limited and cannot support the space shuttle.
They launch from launchpad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Apollo missions which reached the moon were launched from the Kennedy Space Center. The space shuttle was not designed to reach the moon, but instead orbits the Earth at 200-300 nautical miles.
NASA launches the space shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Kennedy Space Center on the east coast of Florida, where all the Space Shuttles were launched.
Yes. The Space Shuttle Atlantis will be on display at the Kennedy Space Center.
The space shuttle launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and has landed both back at the Kennedy Space Center but also at the Edwards Air Force Base in California and the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico most recently due to poor weather at the Kennedy Space Center. Landing facilities at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX are limited and cannot support the space shuttle.
The remaining pieces after the explosion are at the Kennedy space center.
Yes. The final space shuttle launch is scheduled for April of this year.
Kennedy Space Center.
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They launch from launchpad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA's space shuttle fleet is stored at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Apollo missions which reached the moon were launched from the Kennedy Space Center. The space shuttle was not designed to reach the moon, but instead orbits the Earth at 200-300 nautical miles.
Space Shuttle Enterprise is at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum in New York, Space Shuttle Discovery is at the Smithsonian in Virginia, Space Shuttle Atlantis is at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, and Space Shuttle Endevour is at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
You can find Space Shuttle Enterprise at the Intrepid Sea Air and Space museum in New York Coty, Space Shuttle Discovery at the Smithsonian Air and Space museum in Virginia, Space Shuttle Altantis at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, and Space Shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California.
NASA launches the space shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida.