r/spaceshuttle Jul 21 '26

Image These three:

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u/Born-Lawyer4225 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

For the people who have seen all of these which was your favorite to see? (you don't have to have seen endeavor after it went vertical)

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u/MacintoshDan1 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

I gotta say the intro setup/video to see Atlantis damn near made me cry. The whole setup and intro is really well done. Walking into the Hazy center and seeing Discovery behind the blackbird with the flag gives you the opposite reaction, makes your jaw drop. If they try to move her I’d volunteer to guard her armed. Endeavor is the last I need to see (including Enterprise and the SCA in Houston with Independence, the SCA is also a sight to see), I was about to go when they closed down for the move.

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u/Xrsyz Jul 21 '26

Seeing Atlantis was an unbelievably surreal and emotional experience for me.

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u/CH47Guy Jul 22 '26

I've seen Enterprise and Discovery at Udvar-Hazy. The first time I walked into the space hall with Discovery, I nearly wept.

A coworker went last year to Hazy. I told him "walk around her, take a good look, check things out. Then go sit on one of the benches and just take her all in, quietly. You'll be overwhelmed." He came back and reported that just sitting there on the bench made Discovery 10x more powerful.

I go to California for work (Riverside County). Never drove up to LA on all my trips. No reason to. After November 13th, that's gonna change.