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Heron&Fox Photo<p>This view taken from a higher level in the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VAB</span></a> looks over <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Atlantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Atlantis</span></a>’ aft, clearly showing where the 3 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SSME" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SSME</span></a> engines were removed, as well as silver foil over where the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OMS</span></a> pods attach.<br />It’s also possible to see the protective braces on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/payloadbay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>payloadbay</span></a> doors.<br /><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpaceShuttle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceShuttle</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Orbiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Orbiter</span></a> is secure in the VAB and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KSC</span></a> in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Florida</span></a>, waiting to move to the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AtlantisMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AtlantisMuseum</span></a> being built by the KSC Visitors Complex.<br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlantis-moved-to-vab-10-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a</span><span class="invisible">tlantis-moved-to-vab-10-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>
Heron&Fox Photo<p>In the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KSC</span></a> Visitors Complex <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AtlantisMuseuem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AtlantisMuseuem</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NASA</span></a>’s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpaceShuttle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceShuttle</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Orbiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Orbiter</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Atlantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Atlantis</span></a> is displayed for the public as if were in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>space</span></a>.<br />The payload bay doors are open, the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/APAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>APAS</span></a> docking ring is extended, and the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SRMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SRMS</span></a>, or <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Canadarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Canadarm</span></a>, is stretched out of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/payloadbay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>payloadbay</span></a> for visitors to get a close look at.<br />This photograph shows the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/endeffector" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>endeffector</span></a>, which clasped onto specially build grapple-holds so the robot arm can firmly grasp its payload.<br /><a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/canadarm-end-effector-2-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/c</span><span class="invisible">anadarm-end-effector-2-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>