After taking off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, evoking memories of sights now only seen in digital archive imagery, a modified XR5 Vanguard gives the historic shuttle Atlantis a piggy-back ride as the two head for a rendezvous with an orbital refueling station before heading here to Brighton Beach. The Brighton Beach Spaceflight Museum will be Atlantis' home for the next 2 years thanks to a contract between BBSM and NASA. Many such programs have been funded by the BBSM in the last few years to allow those who were born and grew up on the lunar stations to see historical craft up close. Native lunar residents would otherwise not get the chance to see such craft in person, as they are unable to withstand long durations in Earth's gravity, which is 6 times stronger than what their bodies are accustomed to.
