Space Shuttle Atlantis OMDP at Palmdale 1998


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Photo on left is looking from Docking Adapter to the Aft.  Photo on the right  is looking forward
from the rear of the Payload Bay. Note size of the technician working in the Payload Bay.
 

  
Photo on left is of a Nasa Inspector checking under the deployed Radiator door which is above the
Payload Bay Door. This photo on the right shows where the new GPS Antenna will be installed.
 

  
Photo on left is at the nose cone of the shuttle where some of the thickest tiles are mounted.
Photo on right is one of the main landing gears. The gear is mounted on a earthquake mount
so to withstand a Mag. 8+ quake.



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