← ↑
These pictures show the main entrance to the Kennedy Space Center at
Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rockets shown are actual rockets
and engines that were used by NASA in the exploration of space.
← These
pictures were taken from across the Banana River. They are
pictures of the launching platforms.
← This is the
platform that moves
the Space Shuttle out
to the launching pad.
← ↑ These pictures
are of the various Launch Complexes. I have included pictures
of the signs so that you can identify the various structures.
← The
main shuttle housing unit. Notice the missing tiles - they
were lost during a recent hurricane!
←
This is a re-creation of the actual control room that was used to
send the Apollo Spacecraft to the Moon. Notice the various
company jackets - these were the companies that built the rockets.
← ↑ These pictures are
of various rockets and engines of spacecraft.
←
This is the transport
bus that was used to take the Apollo Astronaut Crew out to the
rocket.
The pictures
below are of the various modules that are part of the International
Space Station. While they are not the actual modules, they are
the modules that the astronauts used during their many hours of
training in learning how to attach them to the space station; how
each module works; and the purpose of the module.
← The question of
"How do they go to the bathroom?" is now answered!
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Shower →
Space suit worn by
Shuttle Crew →
↑ Models of a completed
International Space Station. ↑
← ↑
These pictures are of a sealed room where technicians are working on
a module to send up to the space station. The first picture is
the outside of this building.
↓ These
pictures are of an actual size space shuttle. Notice the heat
tiles - each one has an individual number and size as each one is
specifically made to handle the heat at that particular impact
point.
← Has
nothing to do with NASA. This is an actual picture of an Air
Force Pilot doing a flyby with his airplane!