View of the Banana River Bridge

View of the Banana River Bridge

View of the Banana River Bridge

View of the Banana River Bridge

View of the Banana River Bridge

View of the Banana River Bridge

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED - LAST SRB SEGMENTS ARRIVAL - DRAW BRIDGE OVER BANANA RIVER

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED - LAST SRB SEGMENTS ARRIVAL - DRAW BRIDGE OVER BANANA RIVER

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED - LAST SRB SEGMENTS ARRIVAL - DRAW BRIDGE OVER BANANA RIVER

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED - LAST SRB SEGMENTS ARRIVAL - DRAW BRIDGE OVER BANANA RIVER

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED - LAST SRB SEGMENTS ARRIVAL - DRAW BRIDGE OVER BANANA RIVER

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED - LAST SRB SEGMENTS ARRIVAL - DRAW BRIDGE OVER BANANA RIVER

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED - LAST SRB SEGMENTS ARRIVAL - DRAW BRIDGE OVER BANANA RIVER

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED - LAST SRB SEGMENTS ARRIVAL - DRAW BRIDGE OVER BANANA RIVER

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED - LAST SRB SEGMENTS ARRIVAL - DRAW BRIDGE OVER BANANA RIVER

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED - LAST SRB SEGMENTS ARRIVAL - DRAW BRIDGE OVER BANANA RIVER

From left, incoming KSC Director James W. Kennedy looks on as departing KSC Director Roy D. Bridges Jr. shakes hands with the 45th Space Wing Commander Brig. Gen. J. Gregory Pavlovich. The occasion is the unveiling of the new sign on the NASA Causeway naming the bridge for Bridges who is leaving KSC to become the director of NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. The bridge spans the Banana River on the NASA Causeway and connects Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Incoming KSC Director James W. Kennedy (left) and departing KSC Director Roy D. Bridges Jr. (center) view the new sign on the NASA Causeway naming the bridge for Bridges who is leaving KSC to become the director of NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. At right is the 45th Space Wing Commander Brig. Gen. J. Gregory Pavlovich. The bridge spans the Banana River on the NASA Causeway and connects Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A new sign is in place on the NASA Causeway naming the bridge for departing KSC Director Roy D. Bridges Jr. Bridges is leaving KSC to become the director of NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. The bridge spans the Banana River on the NASA Causeway and connects Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

View of the Haulover Canal Bridge

View of the Indian River Bridge

View of the Haulover Canal Bridge

View of the Indian River Bridge

View of the Haulover Canal Bridge

View of the Haulover Canal Bridge

View of the Indian River Bridge

Interior view of the Haulover Canal Bridge Control Tower

View of the Haulover Canal Bridge

View of the Indian River Bridge

View of the Haulover Canal Bridge

Interior view of the Haulover Canal Bridge Control Tower

View of the Haulover Canal Bridge

View of the Haulover Canal Bridge

View of the Indian River Bridge

View of the Indian River Bridge

View of the Haulover Canal Bridge

View of the Haulover Canal Bridge

View of the Haulover Canal Bridge

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Pegasus barge, with its cargo of the external tank prepared for mission STS-118, moves toward the upraised Banana River bridge. The barge is being towed to the turn basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building where the tank will be offloaded and moved to the VAB. Photo credit: Jack Pfaller

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After passing through the Banana River bridge, the Pegasus barge, with its cargo of the external tank prepared for mission STS-118, is towed upriver to the turn basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building. There the tank will be offloaded and moved to the VAB. Photo credit: Jack Pfaller

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Pegasus barge, with its cargo of the external tank prepared for mission STS-118, moves through the upraised Banana River bridge. The barge is being towed to the turn basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building where the tank will be offloaded and moved to the VAB. Photo credit: Jack Pfaller

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Towed by a tugboat, the Pegasus barge passes through the open bridge in the Banana River on its way to the turn basin in the Launch Complex 39 Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The barge is carrying the external tank for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 mission. After offloading, the tank will be transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Endeavour is targeted for launch to the International Space Station on Feb. 14. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Tugboats tow the Pegasus barge through the bridge at the haulover canal on the Banana River. The barge is carrying external tank No. 125. After it is offloaded, the tank will be moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The external tank will be used on space shuttle Atlantis for mission STS-122 targeted for launch on Dec. 6. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Towed by a tugboat, the Pegasus barge passes through the open bridge in the Banana River on its way to the turn basin in the Launch Complex 39 Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The barge is carrying the external tank for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 mission. After offloading, the tank will be transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Endeavour is targeted for launch to the International Space Station on Feb. 14. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Pegasus barge carrying external tank 130 moves through the Banana River bridge in Florida after an ocean voyage towed by a solid rocket booster retrieval ship from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. Pegasus will continue upriver to the turn basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After the Pegasus docks, the fuel tank will be offloaded and transported to the VAB. External tank 130 is the one designated for space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-127 mission targeted for launch on May 15. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Pegasus barge carrying external tank 130 moves through the Banana River bridge in Florida after an ocean voyage towed by a solid rocket booster retrieval ship from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. Pegasus will continue upriver to the turn basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After the Pegasus docks, the fuel tank will be offloaded and transported to the VAB. External tank 130 is the one designated for space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-127 mission targeted for launch on May 15. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Pegasus barge passes under the Roy D. Bridges Bridge in the Banana River, as it nears the end of its journey from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to Kennedy Space Center. The barge carries the redesigned external fuel tank that will launch Space Shuttle Discovery on the next shuttle mission, STS-121. After off-loading, the tank will be moved into the Vehicle Assembly Building and lifted into a checkout cell for further work. The tank, designated ET-119, will fly with many major safety changes, including the removal of the protuberance air load ramps. A large piece of foam from a ramp came off during the last shuttle launch in July 2005. The ramps were removed to eliminate a potential source of damaging debris to the space shuttle. The next launch of Discovery is scheduled for May 2006.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Pegasus barge, carrying external tank 134, passes through a bridge into the river near Port Canaveral. The tugboat will move the barge through the Banana River toward the turn basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Pegasus arrived in Florida after an ocean voyage towed by a solid rocket booster retrieval ship from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. After Pegasus docks in the turn basin, the fuel tank will be offloaded and transported into the VAB. ET-134 will be used to launch space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Feb. 4, 2010. For information on the components of the space shuttle and the STS-130 mission, visit http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller