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A man jogs past NASA 905, a retired Boeing 747 airplane known as the shuttle carrier aircraft, on Thursday at Texas Flying Legends Museum at Ellington Airport. Officials with Space Center Houston and the Johnson Space Center announced that the plane will be permanently relocated to Space Center Houston.
Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Victor Lofton shows Taeleb Hall, 10, and his mother, Tasjan, photos of his travels and planes he’s flown as they tour the fuselage of NASA 905 on Thursday at Texas Flying Legends Museum at Ellington Airport. Officials with Space Center Houston and the Johnson Space Center announced that the plane will be permanently relocated to Space Center Houston.
Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa looks over the exhibit plans for the shuttle carrier aircraft, NASA 905, that will be a permanent display with the Orbiter replica already at Space Center Houston.
Plans for the installation of the Orbiter replica and NASA 905, a retired Boeing 747 airplane known as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, include on-screen mission simulators, classrooms and an orientation theater showcasing the history of the shuttle program.
Officials with Space Center Houston and the Johnson Space Center announced Thursday at the Texas Legends Museum that NASA 905, a retired Boeing 747 airplane known as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, will be permanently moved to Space Center Houston.
Mission markings are painted on the side of NASA 905. The plane will be taken apart and moved to the space center, where it will be reassembled. The center’s shuttle replica will be placed atop the jetliner.
Audience members take photos Thursday as NASA 905, a retired Boeing 747 airplane known as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, is unveiled at the Texas Legends Museum.
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER — When NASA ended the space shuttle program in 2011, it announced that retired orbiters would be sent to museums in California, Florida, Washington and New York.
Many Texans and officials at Johnson Space Center, the historic home of human spaceflight, felt understandably snubbed.
Contact reporter Alex Macon at 409-683-5244 or alex.macon@galvnews.com.
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