Shuttles Come Nose-to-Nose
NASA's space shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis switched locations today at
Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and in the process came "nose-to-nose" for the
last time in front of Orbiter Processing Facility 3.
Endeavour was moved
from Orbiter Processing Facility 2 to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it
will be housed temporarily until its targeted departure from Kennedy atop the
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft in mid-September. After a stop at the Los Angeles
International Airport, Endeavour will move in mid-October to the California
Science Center for permanent public display.
Now in the processing
facility after leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building, shuttle Atlantis will
undergo preparations for its move to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in
November, with a grand opening planned for July 2013.
Image credit:
NASA