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Mike Mullane & the Atlantis Exhibit Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex |
5 July & 27 July 2013 Page One of Four (Updated) |
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| Retired astronaut Mike Mullane talks about the lighter side of his three Shuttle flights - STS-41D (Discovery), STS-27 (Atlantis), and STS-36 (Atlantis). |  |
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| The crew of Mullane's first Shuttle flight during the traditional launch day breakfast prior to the start of Discovery's first flight into space on 30 August 1984 (STS-41D). | |
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| Mullane describes the glamorous side of space flight by showing a photo of himself modeling a diaper, or in NASA-speak a Urine Collection Device (UCD), ". . . .worn by astronauts on the three occasions when they cannot use the shuttle toilet: launch, spacewalks, and reentry/landing." | |
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| Views of the replica External Fuel Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters outside the Atlantis exhibit. | |
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| Visitors watch the first of two short programs before entering the Atlantis exhibit. | |
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| The visitors have moved into the second theater for the second show prior to entering the Atlantis exhibit. | |
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| At the end of the second show the movie screen rolls up to reveal Atlantis. It is very dramatic and well done from a theatrical standpoint. | |
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| Note the closed front landing gear doors in Atlantis' nose. | |
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