Nose Cone Gallery

Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight 124610

Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight 124610 (msn 7481 {El Segundo}), at Friendship Airport in Baltimore. Used by Westinghouse to test the AN/APQ-72 radar, for the McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom II. March 1955: Bailed to Westinghouse at Baltimore, MD, for tests, F4H-1 Phantom II nose-cone fitted. Later fitted with the AN/APG-50 radar and nose of an F-4B.September 1968: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard12 September 1968: Struck off charge and transferred to the US Army for spare parts. Date: 1959

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Space Shuttle Discovery deploys its drag chute as the vehicle comes to a stop

September 11, 2009 - With its drag chute deployed, Space Shuttle Discovery slows to a stop after landing at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California, concluding a successful mission to the International Space Station

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Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 16, 2009 - Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A into orbit. Atlantis will deliver two Express Logistics Carriers to the station, the largest of the shuttle's cargo carriers, containing 15 spare pieces of equipment including two gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly and a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm

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