Space Shuttle Enterprise Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

Here's a bit of news you will not hear anywhere else: See the slot in the side of the building that makes room for the shuttle's tail to pass through? The hanger was designed with bolts holding this portion of the wall to allow the passage of the shuttle, but someone had welded the section shut. The pucker factor was high Thursday morning when they discovered the error. The wall had to be cut open to let Enterprise out.

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Enterprise

Space Shuttle Enterprise rolls from the Space Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center prior to a transfer ceremony.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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