Waspie_Dwarf Posted June 27, 2013 #1 Share Posted June 27, 2013 New Flame Trench will Support New Era at Launch Pad 39B For the first time since NASA’s Apollo-era rockets and space shuttles lifted off on missions from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, one of the launch pads is undergoing extensive upgrades to support the agency’s 21st century space launch complex.At launch pad B, construction workers are removing the legacy flame deflector that sits below and between the left and right pad surface crawlerway track panels, along with Apollo-era bricks from both walls of the flame trench. A contract to perform the work was awarded earlier this year to Vanguard Contractors in Paducah, Ky. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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