Space Shuttle mock-up Pathfinder (1978)
A look back at the space shuttle mock-up, dubbed Pathfinder, performs a lift test in the Vehicle Assembly Building on May 31, 1978. The...
OV-103 Discovery returned to KSC (2005)
#otd Orbiter Discovery OV-103, atop SCA 747, following touch down at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Aug. 21, 2005 after a ferry flight...
Undocking from ISS (2001)
#otd STS-105 Orbiter Discovery OV-103 just after undocking from the International Space Station backdropped by the darkness of space and...
End of STS-85 at the Cape
#otd The drag chute of the Orbiter Discovery OV-103 is fully deployed while landing on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center, August 19,...
Orbiter Discovery going for a Ride
#otd Orbiter Discovery OV-103 riding on NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for the flight from the Dryden Flight...
Center tank release STS-78
STS-78 external tank documented after separation from Orbiter Columbia OV-102. The now empty fuel tank falls away from the shuttle...
Return of Columbia (1982)
#otd Landing of Orbiter Columbia OV-102 STS-4 at Edwards AFB. President Ronald Reagan met the crew on the runway, 4 July 1982. #ov102...
Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 during testing
We take a look back at Orbiter Enterprise OV-101 during testing for liftoff configuration in the MVGVT stand. Do you have a story about...
Launch of STS-1
#otd STS-1 with Orbiter Columbia OV-102 launched from the Cape, 12 April 1981. She spent 54 in space, not the center fuel tank is...
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Still one of the most impressive aviation achievements is the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), Here is 747-100 N905NA still with the...
