David Burnett: End of the Space Shuttle
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  • Preparations for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a repair mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. This was the final mission to the Hubble and one of the last missions of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 10, 2009
  • Preparations for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a repair mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. This was the final mission to the Hubble and one of the last missions of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 10, 2009
  • Preparations for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a repair mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. This was the final mission to the Hubble and one of the last missions of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 10, 2009
  • Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a repair mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. This was the final mission to the Hubble and one of the last missions of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 11, 2009
  • Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a repair mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. This was the final mission to the Hubble and one of the last missions of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 11, 2009
  • Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a repair mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. This was the final mission to the Hubble and one of the last missions of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 11, 2009
  • Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a repair mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. This was the final mission to the Hubble and one of the last missions of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 11, 2009
  • Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a repair mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. This was the final mission to the Hubble and one of the last missions of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 11, 2009
  • Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a repair mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. This was the final mission to the Hubble and one of the last missions of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 11, 2009
  • Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a repair mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. This was the final mission to the Hubble and one of the last missions of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 11, 2009
  • Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, May 11, 2009
  • Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, May 11, 2009
  • Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a repair mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. This was the final mission to the Hubble and one of the last missions of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 11, 2009
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Travis Thompson, in the white room next to the hatch of the Atlantis Space Shuttle, is a closeout technician and chief of the closeout crew. His team is the last to touch the Shuttle before a launch. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 28, 2010..
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Travis Thompson, in the white room next to the hatch of the Atlantis Space Shuttle, is a closeout technician and chief of the closeout crew. His team is the last to touch the Shuttle before a launch. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 28, 2010..
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Travis Thompson, in the white room next to the hatch of the Atlantis Space Shuttle, is a closeout technician and chief of the closeout crew. His team is the last to touch the Shuttle before a launch. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 28, 2010..
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Buddy Rogers at the base of the launch platform next to the fuel rockets that carry the Shuttle into Orbit. Rogers is a hypergolic technician whose job is to fill the external tank with oxidizer and propellant. He has work on the Shuttle program at various jobs for 27 years. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 28, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Buddy Rogers at the base of the launch platform next to the fuel rockets that carry the Shuttle into Orbit. Rogers is a hypergolic technician whose job is to fill the external tank with oxidizer and propellant. He has work on the Shuttle program at various jobs for 27 years. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 28, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Buddy Rogers at the base of the launch platform next to the fuel rockets that carry the Shuttle into Orbit. Rogers is a hypergolic technician whose job is to fill the external tank with oxidizer and propellant. He has work on the Shuttle program at various jobs for 27 years. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 28, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Ray Trapp operates the crawler-transporter that carries the Space Shuttle and fuel tanks from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch site. He has been working at the Kennedy Space Center for close to 23 years. Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 28, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Ray Trapp operates the crawler-transporter that carries the Space Shuttle and fuel tanks from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch site. He has been working at the Kennedy Space Center for close to 23 years. Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 28, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Bill Schmidt leads a crew of nine who maintain the more than 950 lights that illuminate the 1,500 foot (450 meter) landing strip used by the Shuttle when landing at night. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Bill Schmidt leads a crew of nine who maintain the more than 950 lights that illuminate the 1,500 foot (450 meter) landing strip used by the Shuttle when landing at night. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Charlie Romeo, standing under the Space Shuttle Atlantis, is one of a hundred "tile technicians" from United Space Alliance who inspect the 24,000 unique tiles that protect the Shuttle during reentry. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. View of the underside of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in the Orbiter Processing Facility. There are 24,000 unique tiles that line the Shuttle to protect it on reentry. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 29, 2010.
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Charlie Romeo, standing under the Space Shuttle Atlantis, is one of a hundred "tile technicians" from United Space Alliance who inspect the 24,000 unique tiles that protect the Shuttle during reentry. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Greg Cecil worked as a tile technician for United Space Alliance and anticipated working on NASA's Constellation program that was to follow the end of the Space Shuttle until that program was also cancelled in 2010. Parking lot of the Astronaut Museum, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Greg Cecil worked as a tile technician for United Space Alliance and anticipated working on NASA's Constellation program that was to follow the end of the Space Shuttle until that program was also cancelled in 2010. Parking lot of the Astronaut Museum, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. John Cox a Space Shuttle inspector with the Shuttle Atlantis behind him in the Orbiter Processing Facility. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. John Cox a Space Shuttle inspector with the Shuttle Atlantis behind him in the Orbiter Processing Facility. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. John Cox a Space Shuttle inspector with the Shuttle Atlantis behind him in the Orbiter Processing Facility. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. John Fischbeck (left) leader of the crew and Bren Wade (right) captain of the boat Liberty Star that retrieves the solid fuel boosters after they fall into the ocean off the coast of Florida during a shuttle launch. Patrick Air Force base, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 30, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. John Fischbeck (left) leader of the crew and Bren Wade (right) captain of the boat Liberty Star that retrieves the solid fuel boosters after they fall into the ocean off the coast of Florida during a shuttle launch. Patrick Air Force base, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 30, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Debbie "Doo" Rosa bartender at the bar "Kennedy's" near the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 30, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. James Murrell is the lead chute worker who with a crew of 20 untangles, washes, dries, and prepares for reuse the parachutes used on the Shuttle's booster rockets at launch. He has worked on every shuttle flight since the beginning of the program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 30, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. James Murrell is the lead chute worker who with a crew of 20 untangles, washes, dries, and prepares for reuse the parachutes used on the Shuttle's booster rockets at launch. He has worked on every shuttle flight since the beginning of the program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 30, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. James Murrell is the lead chute worker who with a crew of 20 untangles, washes, dries, and prepares for reuse the parachutes used on the Shuttle's booster rockets at launch. He has worked on every shuttle flight since the beginning of the program. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 30, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. The parachutes used on the Shuttle's booster rockets is retrieved from the ocean, untangled, washed and repacked for the next launch by a crew of 20 people. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 30, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Tony Sabatino has been a crane operator in the Vehicle Assembly Building for the past 28 years. He lifts the Shuttle upright so it can be attached to the fuel tank and booster rockets. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Tony Sabatino has been a crane operator in the Vehicle Assembly Building for the past 28 years. He lifts the Shuttle upright so it can be attached to the fuel tank and booster rockets. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Bob Socks moved to Titusville near Cape Canaveral in 1968 and has been business man there for the past 40 years. Currently a member of the Chamber of Commerce he has seen many businesses leave the area since the announcement of the end of the Shuttle program. Titusville, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Bob Socks moved to Titusville near Cape Canaveral in 1968 and has been business man there for the past 40 years. Currently a member of the Chamber of Commerce he has seen many businesses leave the area since the announcement of the end of the Shuttle program. Titusville, Florida, April 29, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. John Johnson, retired Air Force deputy commander of Patrick Air Force Base on Cape Canaveral now volunteers as a tour guide for the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 30, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. John Johnson, retired Air Force deputy commander of Patrick Air Force Base on Cape Canaveral now volunteers as a tour guide for the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 30, 2010.
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Laurilee Thompson, owner of the Dixie Crossroads seafood restaurant stands in front of her restaurant which caters to the thousands of tourists who come to watch Shuttle launches. Titusville, Florida, May 1, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Laurilee Thompson, owner of the Dixie Crossroads seafood restaurant stands in front of her restaurant which caters to the thousands of tourists who come to watch Shuttle launches. Titusville, Florida, May 1, 2010
  • The end of the Space Shuttle program. Lisa Rice is the president of Brevard Workforce a private-sector group that was formed to encourage the development of a high tech industry in Brevard county to provide jobs for the soon to be out laid off Shuttle workers, Titusville, Florida, April 30, 2010.
  • Scott Andrews, specialist from Canon cameras, installs dozens of cameras around the Space Shuttle launch site in preparation for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. News organizations rely on his expertise to capture launches of the Shuttle. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 10, 2009
  • Scott Andrews, specialist from Canon cameras, installs dozens of cameras around the Space Shuttle launch site in preparation for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. News organizations rely on his expertise to capture launches of the Shuttle. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 10, 2009
  • Scott Andrews, specialist from Canon cameras, installs dozens of cameras around the Space Shuttle launch site in preparation for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. News organizations rely on his expertise to capture launches of the Shuttle. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 10, 2009
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