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ORBITER-FORUM will be temporarily closed at 2026-07-23 18:00 UTC while we complete some OF maintenance tasks. The amount of downtime is expected to take up to one hour, but probably less.
SpaceX seems to just be calling it "LC-39A" with no distinguishing nomenclature between the two pads. But yes, normal nomenclature should indicate that this is technically LC-39D.
No, sigh, I probably somehow forgot to include that. You'll have to forgive me for being scatterbrained with this addon. A new job with NASA & other personal stuff has made it difficult to follow SpaceX lately.
I sincerely doubt they're ditching Starship after Artemis III. The whole idea is "dissimilar redundancy".
It's more likely that NASA simply doesn't know what it's going to do after Artemis III. I wouldn't be surprised if Artemis IV ends up being the landing mission.
Have you ever looked at imagery of Atlantis at the Visitor Complex? You can look up at the bellow of the Orbiter from the angle you're thinking of. Same with views of the Shuttle during the flip maneuver it performed at the ISS.
Ditto the desire not to turn Orbiter into a more niche version of KSP RO/RSS.
@Felix24 mentioned "bringing in more users should be the top priority": do you think that increasing the visibility of Orbiter would help? Most new players usually hear of Orbiter second hand or google "Spaceflight...
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