The space shuttle Atlantis captured on film during one of its refueling stops in Hell Paso, Texas. Actually, the 905 transport plane gets refueled, not the space shuttle. :)
Here is a brand new, never-flown-in-space shiny white space shuttle. The Endeavor stopped in Hell Paso, Texas for refueling on it's way from Palmdale to the Cape. After seeing the other shuttles coming in blackened and dirty, it was neat to see a brand new one!
I'll never forget where I was and what I was doing when we lost the Challenger and then the Columbia. Here's a screenshot from a major news organization with a colossal screw up. It would be funny if not for the tragic circumstances...
Standing near the end of a runway at Biggs Airfield in Hell Paso, Texas, Jim W. Coleman got this shot of the space shuttle Atlantis taking off atop the NASA 905 transport plane.
