Space Shuttle Pathfinder
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The Space Shuttle Pathfinder is a Space Shuttle replica. It originated as STA-098, a test article constructed by NASA in 1977 out of wood and steel to test ground clearances and handling. It was purch
Pathfinder at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama sits atop MPTA-ET in 2010. The SRB forward assemblies have changed over the years.
STA-098 on the Mate-Demate Device at the Shuttle Landing Facility in 1978
The orbiter boilerplate is hoisted into the Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
The Space Shuttle Pathfinder frame awaits restoration in 2021, beside its home for the preceding 30 years.
Space Shuttle orbiter
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The Space Shuttle orbiter was the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued Space Shuttle program. Operated from 1981
Space Shuttle Pathfinder
…The Space Shuttle Pathfinder (unofficial Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-098) is a Space Shuttle replica. It originated as STA-098, a test article constructed by NASA in 1977 out of wood and steel to test ground clearances…
Discovery approaches the International Space Station (ISS) on STS-121
Discovery's forward reaction control thrusters
Cutaway diagram of the Space Shuttle's three-level cabin
Space Shuttle glass cockpit (simulated, composite image)