'Moonfall' pulls scenes from space shuttle Endeavour move 10 years ago

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'Moonfall' pulls scenes from space shuttle Endeavour move 10 years ago
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Robert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE.com, an online publication and community devoted to space history with a particular focus on how and where space exploration intersects with pop culture. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of 'Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space” published by Smithsonian Books in 2018. He previously developed online content for the National Space Society and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, helped establish the space tourism company Space Adventures and currently serves on the History Committee of the American Astronautical Society, the advisory committee for The Mars Generation and leadership board of For All Moonkind. In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2021, he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History.

and CGI, with the streets of L.A. being recreated in Montreal and Endeavour inserted digitally.)

The Endeavour transport scenes in"Moonfall" were originally intended to be a bit longer, but during editing, it was decided to"get to space sooner,"said Emmerich. "The most obvious problem with making Endeavour flightworthy is that there are no main engines in her," said Jenkins, whoworked on transitioning the orbiters from flight vehicles to museum displays."We have nozzles , but there are no engines and very little of the main propulsion system plumbing left in the aft compartment. NASA saved the engines and much of the plumbing for use on the Space Launch System.

NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour stands poised to lift off on Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in the new movie"Moonfall.", is the last and she is not really flightworthy without a lot of work. Same for the solid rocket boosters. Plus, SLC-6 has not been configured for the space shuttle since 1987, so how would you stack and launch a space shuttle?" Jenkins said.

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