My first EVA – Extra Vehicular Activity

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   jurvetson

   Apr 11, 2012 at 6:33 pm

   Looking in the other direction, back to the tail section ensconced in the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center. The payload doors are flipped open on each side:
   
   And here is the detail from the open panels at the bottom of the bay.

   Looking down on the edge of the payload bay, with the payload door folded to the left under the metal gantry
   

   The payload release mechanism is near the top, and the square near the bottom is shown in more detail here:
   
   A row of three of these "Manipulator Retention Latches" hold the boom arm down during launch, and then release it once the payload doors are open in orbit.

   The crane I rode, moves on huge tracks overhead for x,y,z positioning
   

   And here are more photos from down in the payload bay.

   I last saw her in her glory days, for the launch of STS-118.

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   jurvetson

   Apr 28, 2012 at 12:43 am

   EveryScape has finished the stitching of my fisheye shots into a virtual tour. Before you start, remember to click the full screen button in the bottom right corner of the main image. Then you can click on the image and drag to look up down and all around. When you see an orange arrow, you can zoom to the neighboring room. OK here is the VR tour of Endeavour, starting with this Payload Bay.

   And here’s a flickr post showing what the input images looked like for the flight deck and links to the other areas.

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