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8
Jul
2023
Lockheed A-12 Oxcart


The last of this series of images of the US Space and Rocket Center’s A-12 shows the front of the aircraft. The Oxcart is on static display in front...



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7
Jul
2023
A-12 Exhaust


A detail of the rear of the A-12 Oxcart at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama showing the afterburner exhaust and some control surfaces.



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6
Jul
2023
Oxcart Fuselage


I did a bit more reading about the A-12 after posting yesterday’s image. It was a slightly shorter, slightly faster version of the aircraft that...



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5
Jul
2023
A-12 Canopy


I was delighted to see what I thought was an SR-71 Blackbird in the static display at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. On closer...



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4
Jul
2023
Apollo 16 Command Module


This Apollo command module, nicknamed “Casper” by its crew, was launched on April 16th, 1972 and took Apollo 16 crew John Young (later to command...



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3
Jul
2023
SRB and Tank


The nose of a Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) and portion of the external tank as seen at the US Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama...



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2
Jul
2023
Ron Paulus, NASA Emeritus


We visited the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama this morning and, as a bona-fide space nerd, I had a fantastic time. Usually, I would...



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10
Nov
2020
King Air Nose


The nose of a Beechcraft King Air at the Texas Air and Space Museum in Amarillo, Texas. This particular aircraft was a testbed for the technology used...



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27
Jun
2018
Independence: Leading Edge


Apparently I forgot to post this shot while I was running my series of shuttle + carrier photos back in May. This is the fifth image in a set of detail...



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30
May
2018
Robonauts “Illusion”


This beautiful piece of precision engineering is “Illusion”, the 2018 robot from famed team 118, the Robonauts, from Clear Creek Independent...



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9
May
2018
Apollo Display


Prior to this recent visit, the last time I was down at Space Center Houston was for a Cub Scout camp which allowed me to spend large chunks of the night...



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7
May
2018
Independence: Nose Tiles


Heat-shielding tiles under the nose of “Independence”, the mock-up space shuttle which sits on the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft outside...



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4
May
2018
Independence: Shuttle and SCA


Another detail of space shuttle mock-up “Independence” sitting on the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft outside Space Center Houston.



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3
May
2018
Independence: Wing and Engines


During our visit to Space Center Houston recently, I took a few pictures of the mock-up shuttle “Independence” and Shuttle Carrier Aircraft...



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23
Apr
2018
Shuttle Curves


On the final day of FRC competition, team 6537 took a break to visit Space Center Houston. It had been at least 6 years since I was last there and I was keen...



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5
Feb
2015
Yellow Bracket, Blue Pole


I can’t remember if these elements on the Johnson Space Center Saturn V are pieces of the flight hardware or parts of the attachment that holds the rocket...



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22
Jan
2015
Rocketdyne F1 Engine


I found this Rocketdyne F1 engine, the motor five of which powered the first stage of NASA’s Saturn V moon rocket, at the New Mexico Space History...



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31
May
2014
Rescue


Rescue


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18
Feb
2014
Space Center Houston Camp


Space Center Houston Camp


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10
Feb
2014
Wrapping Light on the First Stage, Saturn V


Wrapping Light on the First Stage, Saturn V


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