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The Galileo project was an American robotic space program that studied Jupiter and its moons (including Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto), as well as several other Solar System bodies. Named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, the Galileo spacecraft consisted of an orbiter and an atmospheric entry probe. It was...

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A #DesktopBackground looking down the fuselage of #Space Shuttle #Atlantis, on display at the #AtlantisMuseum in the #KSC Visitors Complex.

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#NASA’s #SpaceShuttle #Atlantis being moved from one of the Orbiter Processing Facilities to the Vehicle Assembly Building.
The forward Reaction Control System Pod (#RCS) is missing, since it was fueled by toxic fuel and required decontamination.
While it was missing, transparent foil took its place, leaving the #Orbiter’s nose looking a bit odd.

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A stitched composite image of #NASA’s #Space Shuttle #Atlantis’ crew cabin in the #AtlantisMuseum at Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s Complex.
The #Orbiter’s name is painted below and slightly behind the windscreen. The forward reaction control system nozzles can be seen, as can the #APAS docking ring.

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When #NASA’s #Space #Shuttles were being retired, the #Orbiters had to spend time waiting for an open Orbiter Processing Facility in the Vehicle Assembly Building (#VAB).
#Photographers were allowed to go up to a higher level in the building to allow them to get shots like this, with Atlantis’ starboard wing painted with its name and the US flag.

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When #NASA’s #Space #Shuttles were being retired, the #Orbiters had to spend time waiting for an open Orbiter Processing Facility in the Vehicle Assembly Building (#VAB).
#Photographers were allowed to go up to a higher level in the building to allow them to get shots like this, with Atlantis’ starboard wing painted with its name and the US flag.

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After #NASA’s #Space #Shuttle was retired, the #Orbiter #Atlantis was given to the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex after it was cleaned and prepared for public display.
#KSCVC decided to, using private-raised money, build a new, multi-level museum to hold Atlantis suspended as though it were in orbit.

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After #NASA retired the #Space #Shuttle in 2011, they planned to send the #Orbiters to museums. To get them ready, NASA removed the #SSME #rocket #engines and replaced them with replicas and decontaminated the parts of the Orbiter that held toxic fuel for in-space maneuvering, then be put on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

In this #photograph, #Atlantis (closer on the left) and #Endeavour (on the right) have been brought nose-to-nose for #photographers and #journalists to tell the story of the Shuttle’s #retirement.

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This #docking system was originally designed for the Apollo-Soyuz Test project in which an American Apollo and Soviet Soyuz spacecraft met in orbit and docked.
The #APAS, Androgynous Peripheral Attach System, can dock to any other APAS system, unlike a probe-and-drogue system.
The Soviets continued developing the system for their Mir station and Buran shuttle.
However, instead of a Soviet shuttle docking to Mir, it was the American Space Shuttle.
In a post-Cold War show of friendship, the #SpaceShuttle was modified with a docking collar meant for another vehicle and used it to visit Mir and deliver supplies and help change crews.

This #photograph was taken at the #Atlantis #museum, where Atlantis is on display at Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex.

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