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Shuttle Data Main
ICD Drawings
STS-47 - Endeavour
Endeavour not STS-047
ET Photos
SRB
Orbiter
SSME Engines
Struts & Interfaces
Stacking
Stack Closeups
Shuttle On Pad
Launches
MSFC
STS-91 Lite ET
STS-95_Glenn
STS-98_ISS
Florida Today
747 Shuttle
Other

Orbiter Photos

 


3-23.jpg

 


aft_fuselage_2-small.gif
Note only Columbia has the black glove/chine. In 1985, the black SILTS pod was added to the rudder tip.


90rovercColumbia.jpg

 


95rovere.jpg

STS-95/Glenn

 


ksc-98ec-1061.jpg
Also see Phil Broad's Atlantis
Real Hardware Web Page

Compare dark elevon hinge shields Columbia and other orbiters used to have with lighter ones shown in the next photo
Discovery sporting 1998 change in markings to the NASA "meatball", as well as white elevon hinge shields.

 


93rover1.jpg

 


93rover2.jpg
 


STS4TPSWindow.jpg

 


87rollocColumbia.jpg

 


87rolloeColumbia.jpg

Compare Columbia's old elevon hinge seals above with Discovery's newer light ones below

 


Atlantis1.JPG
 


95roverflb.jpg.GIF

 


KSC-98PC-1065.jpg

 


KSC-98PC-1068.jpg

 


KSC-98PC-1070.jpg

NASA "Meatball" added to Discovery wing for STS-95
Elevon hinge seals changed to white.
Photo in STS-95/Glenn Folder
Photo in STS-95/Glenn Folder
Photo in STS-95/Glenn Folder
 


inspecty-STS-95.jpg

 
KSC-92PC-1754.JPG

KSC-381C-1443.10.jpg
  


98pc1340_STS-88_Endeavo.JPG

 


98pc1342_STS-88_Endeavo.JPG

Right hand belly ET interface door, looking aft. Opened for inspection after landing
Note the Umbilical doors in this belly view. A "T" latch holds them flush against the orbiter until after ET sep, when the doors close and latch shut.
(photo from STS-47 folder)
STS-2  Columbia OMS pod removal in VAB
Photo from STS-47 folder
Photo from STS-47 folder

 


STS2TPS.gif

 


Orbiter_Side_Markings_map.jpg

 


Ksccolum.jpg

KSC-98PC-0538_STS-91.jpg

Columbia_Upnozzle_s.jpg

Nice view of Discovery after rollover from OPF to VAB
Photo from STS-91 Lite ET folder
Good view of aft details
Photo from Stack Closeups Folder
 


ENTERPRISE2.jpg

 


106landapd.jpg%20STS-106.JPG

 


10065292_STS50_ColumbTILES.jpg

Orbital pics


sts106-349-002.jpg


S74hajpg.jpg

GPN-2000-001071.jpg
 


iss01e5396_sts098.jpg

STS-106 Atlantis as seen from ISS. Very large image

Photo in the OTHER folder

More photos from the above are in the STS98_ISS folder
 STS-7 Challenger

Photographed by SPAS satellite


sts7-Challenger-In-Space.jpg


S84-27020_sts41.JPG


10061220.jpg


S83-35803_sts-7.JPG

Landings

 


ENTER.JPG

 


ec95-43116-26.jpg

 

sts3-airtoairdesc-2.jpg

 


sts3-airtoairdescendingphot.JPG

 


Columbia_glide_side%20map.jpg

 

Atlantis_glide.JPG

 


GPN-2000-000822.jpg

 


GPN-2000-000667.jpg

 


NARshuttle2.jpg

Escapee from the Photoshop page

 

106landapgSTS106.jpg
 


Atlanda.jpg

 


ksc-98ec-1565.jpg

 


land.jpg

 


SANDLAND.JPG

 


sts3-touchdownwith-2-t38.jpg

 


sts37-Landing-EdwAFB.jpg

Other landing photos are in folders covering other missions.

Such as STS-47 and Endeavour's NON-STS-47 missions.

 


STS047-S-117.jpg

 


9266267_STS-52_Columbia.jpg

Photo from STS-47 folder
Photo from MSFC folder
In the early 1990's, the orbiters' vertical tails were modified to house and deploy a drag chute on landing.

Endeavour had it built-in from the start. Not known which orbiter these two photos are from.

 


Drag_Chute_Door_left.jpg

 


Drag_Chute_Door_right.jpg

Endeavour after STS-47 landing

Drag_Chute_Compartment.jpg

Photo from STS-47 folder
T-0 Umbilical Plates

Aft Compartment of orbiters have T-0 umbilical connections on the sides. These carry Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Oxygen to load the ET, as well as various other connections from the pad to the shuttle.

They stay connected until liftoff, thus the "T-0" name.

  


umbinterface.JPG

 


umbinterface2.JPG

Repeat of drawing thumbnail, shows where these are located

aft_fuselage_2-small.gif

Left T-0 umbilical on pad
Right T-0 umbilical on pad

The two photos at right are from Phil Broad's Atlantis site

atlantis85_AftUmbilical_L.jpg

atlantis57_AftUmbilical_R.jpg
Right: Drawings made of T-0 Umbilical plates after tweaking the pair of photos at left to rectangular views to use as reference patterns.

Umbilical_Draw.GIF

Left side
Right side

H2-umb.jpg

O2-umb.jpg

 
inspectt-STS95.jpg

Shutpasta.jpg%20two%20shuttles.JPG

Highly Recommended:

Phil Broad's Atlantis
Real Hardware
Web Page

NOTE: When orbiters such as Atlantis seen at Phil Broad's site have been overhauled in California, the OMS pods and forward RSC modules are removed at KSC and replaced with dummies for the flight out and back.

If you look carefullly you will see the forward RSC module and OMS pods are too "clean" and simple.

Orbiter Photos

Shuttle Data Main
ICD Drawings
STS-47 - Endeavour
Endeavour not STS-047
ET Photos
SRB
Orbiter
SSME Engines
Struts & Interfaces
Stacking
Stack Closeups
Shuttle On Pad
Launches
MSFC
STS-91 Lite ET
STS-95_Glenn
STS-98_ISS
Florida Today
747 Shuttle
Other