Apollo 11 Visit - Kai and Kenny and me - Fifty years later


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That things like this should even fly? Upon pillars of flame? How can such a thing be? How can this happen? How can this come to pass? How can this be true? But it is. It is true. It does fly. Upon pillars of flame, it flies.
Kai and Kenny enter the exhibit hall where the Space Shuttle Atlantis is displayed for all to see.
Kai and Kenny work their way along the gentle slope of the ramp which leads to the vestibule where you are given a presentation, just before entering the Great Room which encloses the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
In the vestibule, just before the curtain raises, to reveal the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis, right rear underside.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis, left side, showing the crew cabin and the forward portion of the open cargo bay.
Kai and Kenny, near the edge of the left payload bay door with its shiny metal heat radiator retracted back against the inside surface of the door, with the leading portion of the left wing beneath it, to the right.
From a vantage point beneath the trailing edge of the orbiter's right wing, you are looking up and across at the rear end of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Along the top right of the image, you can see three of the Reaction Control System motors, and along the lower left of the image, two of the Space Shuttle Main Engines can be seen. In the background between them, the speed brakes along the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer can be seen in their retracted position, folded together, side by side, in near contact with one another.
Exiting the vestibule, after the curtain they had been projecting onto has been raised, entering the main exhibit hall containing the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Space Shuttle Atlantis cockpit windows and upper crew cabin area. Details that illustrate the difference in construction of the TPS (Thermal Protection System) tiles, and TPS blankets are well-illustrated by the lighting in the exhibit hall.
Space Shuttle Atlantis crew cabin and hatch, against an inky background.
We've seen the Apollo exhibit, and we've seen the Space Shuttle exhibit. Where shall we go now? Kai and Kenny, on their way to see more wonders.

 

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