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Hubble Legacy National Air and Space Museum (200909090039HQ)
Imax 3D footage filmed by the Astronauts during the STS-125 Hubble Repair Mission is reflected on special glasses as people observe the newly released pictures Wednesday evening, Sept. 9, 2009, during a celebration of the Hubble Legacy at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Astronomers declared the telescope a fully rejuvenated observatory with the release Wednesday of observations from four of its six operating science instruments. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Buzz Lightyear Air and Space. (201203290008HQ)
John Lasseter, Director of the film "Toy Story", speaks from the podium with Buzz Lightyear, left, of the film at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Moving Beyond Earth Gallery, Thursday, March 29, 2012, in Washington. Launched May 31, 2008 aboard the space shuttle Discovery (STS-124) and returned on Discovery 15 months later with STS-128, the 12-inch action figure is the longest serving toy in space and became part of the museum’s popular culture collection. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers), of the film at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Moving Beyond Earth Gallery, Thursday, March 29, 2012, in Washington. Launched May 31, 2008 aboard the space shuttle Discovery (STS-124) and returned on Discovery 15 months later with STS-128, the 12-inch action figure is the longest serving toy in space and became part of the museum’s popular culture collection. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Arrives at Kennedy Space Center (KSC-2012-2003)
The newly arrived Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is framed by a grappling fixture on the mate-demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The aircraft, known as an SCA, arrived at 5:35 p.m. EDT to prepare for shuttle Discovery’s ferry flight to the Washington Dulles International Airport in Sterling, Va., on April 17.
This SCA, designated NASA 905, is a modified Boeing 747 jet airliner, originally manufactured for commercial use. One of two SCAs employed over the course of the Space Shuttle Program, NASA 905 is assigned to the remaining ferry missions, delivering the shuttles to their permanent public display sites. NASA 911 was decommissioned at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in California in February.
Discovery will be placed on permanent public display in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
For more information on the SCA, visit www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-013-DFRC.html.
For more information on shuttle transition and retirement activities, visit www.nasa.gov/shuttle.
Photo credit: (NASA/Kim Shiflett)
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