This 6-foot shuttle shuttle model is displayed in front of Space Shirts, a space memorabilia store on the road leading to KSC.
Rooting for the Shuttle
At Space Shirts, this sign offers its thanks to the shuttle program.
The Future of Space Travel
SpaceX has plans to take NASA astronauts and cargo into space as a for-profit business.
9 Times an Engine
The Falcon 9 launch system, shown here in the SpaceX hangar, operates with 9 engines.
Longer Than NASA
Falcon 9 stands at about 200 feet tall. Meanwhile, the Shuttle Atlantis is about 120 feet tall.
US Pride
Underneath Falcon 9, the American flag standing tall and wide.
The SpaceX Pad
Standing at the Titan IV launch pad, purchase by Space X for use with the Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule. In the distance you can see the Atlantis as it sits on the launch pad.
Making a Switch
This device is used to turn Space X's spacecraft from their horizontal orientation in the hangar to a vertical orientation for launch.
SpaceX Launch Control
In the launch control center, 4 people can coordinate a launch. For a typical shuttle mission more than 200 are working together.
Working Capsule
Space X
One Big Building
NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building is one of the largest (by volume) in the world. It dominates the skyline even miles from the Kennedy Space Center.
On the Pad
The launch pad before the final space launch of
Leaving a Cloud of Smoke in the Clouds
The contrail after the Shuttle Atlantis left for the International Space Station.
End of an Era
This sign on the road to Kennedy Space Center may never update again.
From Our Vantage Point
This is the CBS Radio News position at Kennedy Space Center. This is about 7 and a half hours after the launch of the shuttle. Mission Control in Houston is visible on the monitor on the top of the photo.
Keeping a Record
Our Peter King labels the crew pictures of each of the shuttle missions with the astronaut's names in order to keep track of all the astronauts.