Photo Gallery: Shuttle nose and payload bay

More than three months since Discovery returned from its final space voyage, the shuttle is now inside one of Kennedy Space Center's orbiter processing facilities. These images show Discovery's payload bay, hatch and nose, which is missing the orbiter's forward steering jets. Photos: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

 

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

 

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

 

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

 

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

 

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

 

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

 

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

 

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