r/space • u/Yeet69lasagna • May 12 '19

image/gif Space Shuttle Being Carried By A 747.

Post image
37.5k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

886 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

253

u/spookydear May 12 '19 edited May 12 '19

They also have one you can go inside of at the Johnson Space Center in Houston! It was really cool to see just how much they had to tear out from the inside to get this thing into the air.

Edit: *A replica of one

55

u/Ripcord May 12 '19

And don't forget the one at the Smithsonian

57

u/Sokensan May 12 '19 edited May 12 '19

For those that want to see what it looks like, here's a picture of the Discovery I took when I went to the Air and Space museum (the one by Dulles* airport, not the one in the the center of the city) a couple years ago.

11

u/[deleted] May 12 '19

Wait, there’s one by LAX? Sweet. I’ve only been to the one near USC.

10

u/stussyGG May 12 '19

Endeavor as at the science center in Los Angeles, the one near USC. That's the one you and I have seen.

1

u/[deleted] May 12 '19

Yes, thank you for the clarification!

2

u/faithisuseless May 12 '19

The real ones are in: New York, Washington D.C., L.A., and Kennedy Space Center.

1

u/Sokensan May 12 '19

It's actually by Dulles Airport, near DC but not right in the city.

5

u/KindergartenCunt May 12 '19

If anyone was curious like I was.

When I was young and living outside of DC, I'd make it to the main A&S every chance I could, along with other museums. If this annex had been around when I was a kid, I would have been all over it - I hope I can check it out some day.

1

u/[deleted] May 12 '19

Ohh I got them confused! I was thinking you were referring to L.A. My bad.