Tuesday, November 27, 2012

An artist's concept of space shuttle Atlantis on display inside her new museum exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Visitor Complex in Florida.
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Atlantis: Retirement Update... Despite being completely wrapped in a plastic shroud that will protect her as construction is completed on her 90,000-square-foot museum exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Atlantis was recently tilted into a 43.21-degree angle which will be her final position when she opens to the public next July. With her payload bay doors opened, her robotic arm extended out towards a huge panorama of Earth that will be placed on the ceiling above her to give the impression of on-orbit activities, Atlantis should be a sight to behold (moreso, that is) once she officially becomes a space artifact. Check out her progress photos below.

Construction nears completion on the space shuttle Atlantis' permanent museum exhibit at the KSC Visitor Complex in Florida, on November 27, 2012.
NASA / Dimitri Gerondidakis

A front view of space shuttle Atlantis inside her permanent museum exhibit at the KSC Visitor Complex in Florida, on November 27, 2012.
NASA / Dimitri Gerondidakis

A side view of space shuttle Atlantis inside her permanent museum exhibit at the KSC Visitor Complex in Florida, on November 27, 2012.
NASA / Dimitri Gerondidakis

A rear view of space shuttle Atlantis inside her permanent museum exhibit at the KSC Visitor Complex in Florida, on November 27, 2012.
NASA / Dimitri Gerondidakis

A rear view of space shuttle Atlantis inside her permanent museum exhibit at the KSC Visitor Complex in Florida, on November 27, 2012.
NASA / Dimitri Gerondidakis
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