“You stare at him, and he just stares right back.” The velociraptors of Jurassic Park are very menacing, and if you’re brave enough, you can go face-to-face with one at Universal’s Islands of Adventure. [Read more…]
The process to prepare a space shuttle orbiter for display
This is the future home of Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. [Read more…]
Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery now on display at the Smithsonian
Several weeks ago the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery left the Kennedy Space Center on its final flight. It was carried onboard a 747, and was flown to the Dulles Airport outside Washington DC. Discovery was quickly added to the Smithsonian collection, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. [Read more…]
Shuttle orbiter Discovery leaves Kennedy Space Center on its final flight
Thousands of Space Shuttle fans watched as the shuttle orbiter Discovery left Kennedy Space Center on a 747 jet yesterday morning. Discovery’s destination was its new home at the at the Udvar-Hazy branch of the Smithsonian Institution, at the Dulles Airport. [Read more…]
Celebrate the final flight of Space Shuttle Discovery at Kennedy Space Center
After 27 years of service, 39 missions, 246 astronauts carried, 365 days in space and 148,221,675 miles traveled, space shuttle orbiter Discovery is departing Kennedy Space Center for the last time. Guests will be able to be apart of the farewell celebration from April 14 through 17, 2012 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. [Read more…]