Check out these rare photos from inside the space shuttle.
Most come from the ‘Endeavour’ and ‘Challenger.’
Now, prepare for lift-off!
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| Endeavour’s forward flight deck: commander’s seat at left, pilot’s at right. Both positions have manual flight controls, including rotation and translation hand controllers, rudder pedals and speed-brake controllers. |
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| The walls of the white room leading to the crew compartment hatch have been signed by those who have entered the orbiters through this room. |
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| Endeavour’s name was borrowed from the 18th century sailing ship assigned to chart the South Pacific under British explorer Capt. James Cook’s command. |
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| The payload (cargo) bay. |
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| The tunnel leads into Endeavour’s external airlock, with hatches that lead out into the payload bay and up into the docking adapter used to dock with the International Space Station. |
This is awesome.