Space Shuttle Independence
Visitors can enter the shuttle replica independence mounted on top of the historic and original nasa 905 shuttle carrier aircraft and then explore the giant plane.
Space shuttle independence. While many of the features on the replica are simulated some parts including the landing gea. Independence was built in florida in 1993 and put on display at kennedy space center to educate visitors about the shuttle program while it was still active. The independence is actually a space shuttle replica its original name was explorer.
Pearlman houston s space shuttle mockup is. Space shuttle independence formerly known as explorer is a full scale high fidelity replica of the space shuttle. The 8 billion program enabled spacex s first crewed trip to the space station in may marking the first from home soil in nearly a decade.
It is the only shuttle mounted on an sca that the public can go inside. It was built in apopka florida by guard lee and installed at kennedy space center visitor complex in 1993. The new name for space center houston s full size space shuttle replica independence is unveiled oct.
It was built by guard lee in apopka florida installed at kennedy space center visitor complex in 1993 and moved to space center houston in 2012. Ov 100 formerly known as explorer is a full scale high fidelity replica of the space shuttle. The 123 foot long 37 meters space shuttle replica which in october was christened independence as the result of a statewide naming contest arrived in 2012 from nasa s kennedy space center.
It was built using schematics blueprints and archival documents provided by nasa and by shuttle contractors such as rockwell international. Space agency in 2014 contracted elon musk s spacex and boeing co ba n to build competing space capsules in an effort to reclaim nasa s launch independence. Independence plaza presented by boeing is an international landmark offering an experience like nothing else in the world.
Here are some interesting facts about the space shuttle independence. Space agency in 2014 contracted elon musk s spacex and boeing co ba n to build competing space capsules in an effort to reclaim nasa s launch independence. It was built by guard lee in apopka florida installed at kennedy space center visitor complex in 1993 and moved to space center houston in 2012.