Space shuttle on the Mobile Launcher Platform atop the Crawler/Transporter heads to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). (GOOD NEWS) Hi! Thanks so much for viewing my “Space Shuttle and Military Composite Pictures” album. Since so many people like the pictures in this album (it has got more than two million views), I have chosen 81 pictures and published them in a picture book. Please go to www.blurb.com/bookstore and search for "Luming Marr" to preview this book. Thanks! After they arrive at the Kennedy Space Center. space shuttle orbiters are processed between missions in a structure analogous to a sophisticated hangar-the Orbiter Processing Facility. The OPF is capable of handling two orbiters in parallel. It is located near the west side of the Vehicle Assembly Building in order to minimize orbiter towing distance as the processing flow continues. The orbiter processing flow begins when an orbiter lands at the shuttle landing facility after a mission in space or a ferry flight aboard the shuttle carrier aircraft. In either case, the orbiter is towed to the OPF within hours of its arrival. Images of airmen are blurred to protect privacy. Credits: Picture of Space Shuttle Discovery is from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Picture of airmen with Texas state flags is from U.S. Air Force. This composite picture was created by Luming Marr on October 1, 2005. Please note the event depicted in this picture and caption did NOT really happen in the way as shown.