Ex-USAF 65-10329, originally built as a T-38A-60-NO. When with NASA was actually flown as N511NA/NASA 511.

Passing over the parking lot at the Kennedy Space Center visitor's complex as we arrived. Ex-US Army 65-9992, originally built as a UH-1D-BF.

Endeavour: NASA's Youngest Shuttle, OV-105 - the fifth and final space shuttle to be built. Endeavour flew into space 25 times. Among other career highlights, its crew members performed the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. In this picture, Endeavour is being prepared for its next mission on launch pad LC-39A. The launch of mission STS-123 was on March 11, 2008. Endeavour will remain on display in the California Science Center, only an hour's drive from Palmdale, where its journey to space began.

On display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Atlantis was the fourth operational Shuttle to be built, flying its maiden flight in Oct. 1985. It flew a total of 33 missions, including the final mission of the Space Shuttle program in July 2011. A look inside the payload bay shows the rear pressure bulkhead, external airlock, the Canadarm robotic arm and the electrically deployed payload bay doors.

On display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Atlantis was the fourth operational Shuttle to be built, flying its maiden flight in Oct. 1985. It flew a total of 33 missions, including the final mission of the Space Shuttle program in July 2011. Atlantis orbited the Earth a total of 4,848 times or about 203 million km.

Photographer: Robert Burns. Ex USAF 59-1481.