Mock shuttle Pathfinder restored atop its stack at Alabama rocket center (photos)
NASA Space Technology The mock space shuttle orbiter Pathfinder is seen atop its external tank and boosters after a mutli-year, multi-million dollar restoration effort at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama.(Image credit: U.S. Space & Rocket Center)Pathfinder is back in its "space," three and a half years after it "landed" on Earth.An early mockup of NASA's now-retired winged orbiters, Pathfinder was returned to its position atop a space shuttle propulsion "stack" at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama on Wednesday morning (Aug. 28). The lift signaled that a multi-million-dollar restoration effort is nearing completion."Returning Pathfinder to the shuttle stack after an extensive restoration process is a major milestone for us," Kimberly Robinson, CEO and executive director of the Space & Rocket Center, said in a statement provided to collectSPACE. "We...
