Our visit to Kennedy Space Center, January 2003. The weather was cold
and very very windy.
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Birds in the parking lot at Kennedy Space Center
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Spaceman over entry to Kennedy Space Center
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Rocket Park
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Me sitting in a space capsule
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Rockets in the rocket park
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Simulated rocket engine with all the hoses, etc showing
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Boarding ramp used by the Apollo astronauts who landed on the moon in 1969.
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Looking inside of a space capsule
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Looking inside of a space capsule.
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Rocket
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Chris and Mitch pretending to be astronauts
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Rocket park
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Another view of the Apollo boarding ramp.
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A white heron in the marsh
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Garage for the crawler vehicle
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Operations and checkout building.
The astronauts are always seen coming out of this building just before they go to the shuttle. They come out at the back of the U shape to the right and board their transport vehicle. |
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Shuttle transport vehicle
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Shuttle transport vehicle.
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View of Launchpad 39
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View of Launchpad 39
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View of Launchpad 39
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Launchpad
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View of Launchpad 39
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View of Launchpad 39
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View of Launchpad 39
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View of Launchpad 39
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Our first alligator sighting
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Alligator swimming
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Christine and me at Kennedy Space Center. Launchpad 39B in the background.
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Views of Kennedy Space Center
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Views of Kennedy Space Center
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The VAB in the distance. It is approximately 5 miles away.
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Views of Kennedy Space Center
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Bird on top of the pole.
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Closer view of launchpad 39B
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Closer view of launchpad 39B
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Closer view of launchpad 39B
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Closer view of launchpad 39B
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Closer view of launchpad 39B. You can see the gravel path that the shuttle transort crawler uses.
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Closer view of launchpad 39B
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The gravel path used by the crawler. The gravel is 7 inches thick. They use a tractor pulling a section of fence to level it after it has been used.
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The gravel pathway
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The crawler.
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Barge that brings the fuel tanks to Kennedy Space Center
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Launch viewing area
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Launch Control Center
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Launch Control Center
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Hangers where the orbiters are stored when not in use.
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Hangers where the orbiters are stored when not in use.
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Launch Control Center
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More of the shuttle hangers
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More of the shuttle hangers
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Another alligator
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Closer view of the shuttle hangers
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The hangers again
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Views of Kennedy Space Center
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An alligator and a blue heron in the water.
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Viewing area where the family watches the launches.
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Shuttle landing strip
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Shuttle landing strip
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Shuttle landing strip
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There was a wild pig mother and her babies in front of the bus.
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Still can't see the pigs, but they were there.
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Launch viewing stands
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Doors to Apollo Saturn display
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Launch Control Room
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Cleat from the transport vehicle
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Saturn rocket display
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Spacewoman Christine takes a walk on the moon.
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Spacewoman Arlene
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Moon rover vehicle
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Christine had a shuttle brownie for lunch
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She also had rehydrating fluid (Better known as H2O.)
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Nose of the space shuttle Endeavor
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Control room inside of the shuttle
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Cargo area inside of shuttle. Satelites are stored there during flight until they are launched
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The rockets that launch the space shuttle
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The rocket boosters
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Space Shuttle Endeavor.
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The rockets
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Chris and Mitch at the back of the shuttle. Look at how big the engines are compared to them.
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Memorial to astronauts who lost their lives in the line of duty.
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Lazy alligator
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Lazy alligator again
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Robot from the Robot Experience.
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Guy Gardner -- Former astronaut
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Guy Gardner -- Former astronaut
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Rocket Park at night
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