My Photos of Explorer’s Arrival
I just wanted to share my experience last weekend as the Space Shuttle mock-up Explorer arrived in Houston by barge. I didn’t attend the “Shuttlebration” block party on Friday but enjoyed watching Explorer coming into dock. I worked the day shift on the weekend while Explorer was moved down the road on Sunday to the museum.
My first view of Explorer in the lake as she approached the dock
Look closely and you can see a confetti cannon
Explorer did a nice pirouette for us
Mock-up not to scale?
She looked pretty in the lights later that night.
Explorer moves down the road just over the NASA employee parking lot fence
I've seen Endeavour and Enterprise, but Explorer still surprised me by it's size, dwarfing the 3 lane road
We snuck out of mission control on a break to snap some pictures!
Houston did better than New York, only a few leaves stuck in a tile.
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Explorer hiding behind the trees as I left work on Sunday.