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==Flightline Operations==
==Flightline Operations==


[[Image:An-124_front_view.jpg|thumb|left|200px|An AN-124 Jumbo Air Freighter front view.]]
[[Image:An-124_lands_in_KSC.jpg|thumb|left|300px|An AN-124 Jumbo Air Freighter arriving.]]


[[Image:An-124_lands_in_KSC.jpg|thumb|center|200px|An AN-124 Jumbo Air Freighter arriving.]]
[[Image:An-124_front_view.jpg|thumb|center|200px|An AN-124 Jumbo Air Freighter front view.]]
 
[[Image:An-124_Cargo_unloading_through_the_rear.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Japanese remote handling module for ISS unloading from rear of Russian AN-124]]


==Barge Cargo==
==Barge Cargo==

Revision as of 07:10, 20 December 2007

Spacecraft components arrive via jumbo cargo aircraft, barge, rail, or super trucks.

Flightline Operations

An AN-124 Jumbo Air Freighter arriving.
File:An-124 front view.jpg
An AN-124 Jumbo Air Freighter front view.
Japanese remote handling module for ISS unloading from rear of Russian AN-124

Barge Cargo

Rail Cargo

Truck Cargo

Vertical Rocket Launch

Redstone Launch Assembly under Construction
File:Titan IVB core vehicle arrive at the pad at Launch Complex 40.jpg
Titan 4B Core with two SRMU(Solid Rocket Motor Upgrades) in preparation for Cassini launch.
  • New Nasa Orion Stack

Horizontal Takeoff to Space

Capsule Return

  • Apollo
  • Soyuz
  • Ablative heat shields

Vertical Powered Return

  • Scaled Engineering Prototype

Lifting Body Return

  • Space Shuttle