But the installation of equipment, which will continue in the coming days at the temporary exhibit site, will offer the public a rare, brief chance to see Endeavour with both cargo bay doors open ...

When it was flying in orbit, space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay was opened to deploy probes to the planets, send satellites circling the Earth, and deliver the parts to assemble a space station.

"Those payload bay doors [weren't] meant to be opened in one-G [Earth's gravity]," said Tim Macy, director of project development and construction for Delaware North Parks and Resorts, ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — If you've ever wanted to know what the payload bay of a Space Shuttle looks like, this could be your last chance. KNX 1070's Ron Kilgore reports the installation marks ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, on July 17, 1999, the Space Shuttle Columbia's payload bay doors close around the Chandra X-ray Observatory inside, while workers monitor the ...

One of the payload bay doors will be open and viewable to the public. Endeavour, the so-called jewel of the shuttle fleet that flew 25 missions in space, will be viewable from multiple platforms ...

Related: NASA's Space Shuttles: Where Are They Now? An overhead view of the space shuttle Endeavour after its payload bay doors were opened on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. In a much more publicized ...

When it was flying in orbit, space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay was opened to deploy probes to the planets, send satellites circling the Earth, and deliver the parts to assemble a space station.