Final Space Shuttle rollout of the program, and at night for that matter.
Sidenote: The lens that shot this was the early-revision Vivitar Series 1 70-210 f3.5, which was designed by Ellis Betensky who also worked on optics for the Apollo Program for NASA.
"The Crawler" is powered by what I believe to be 4 EMD 645-16 diesel electric motors, same ones used in locomotives. 3600hp each, that's at least what they sound like when it rolls by. With the Space Shuttle on the back it can go 1mph, 2mph without it. The last two rollouts at night they slowed it down even more so that the media and locals could get one last picture of it going by. She was absolutely beautiful. I almost missed this opportunity to capture it one last time, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time, it also helps when you have a father who works for Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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