Space Shuttle | Joel Kowsky

Space Shuttle Engine Shop

Had a chance to get inside the space shuttle’s engine shop yesterday, here are a few frames that I liked. It was really cool to have the chance to see the engines up close and learn a little bit about how they are maintained and work.

July 15th, 2011
Posted in NASA
Tagged Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Main Engine, SSME, travel
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STS-135 – Polaroids

Here are a few polaroids that I’ve shot over the course of the final space shuttle mission.

I was lucky enough to be on the pad surface for the last time the RSS was rolled back.

Once Atlantis disappeared into the clouds it started to sink in that no one will ever get to see a space shuttle fly under power ever again…

July 13th, 2011
Posted in NASA, Polaroid
Tagged Atlantis, Atlantis Final Flight, Final Space Shuttle Flight, Fujifilm, Graflex XL, Instant, NASA, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Program Final Flight, STS-135
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STS-135 – Launch

I’ve spend the past week or so in Florida prepping for the final launch of the Space Shuttle Program. After bad weather earlier in the week and a forecast that we were sure wouldn’t allow for a launch, space shuttle Atlantis embarked on the 135th and final mission of Shuttle Program. I feel privileged to have been able be part of this chapter of American history and see the shuttle fly for the final time. Now onto landing!