#SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOR PHOTOS PROFESSIONAL#
A professional photographer in the US space program, he has covered launches and other events at Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center since July 1999, having now photographed over 140 missions and launches to date.įor the final few years of the Space Shuttle program, he photographed for NASA and held a position on NASA’s photo and engineering imaging team at the Kennedy Space Center & Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. photo credit: Robert Pearlmanīen Cooper is a professional photographer based just north of Cape Canaveral & the Kennedy Space Center in Daytona Beach, FL. Ben Cooper, Startrails, NamibRand, Namibiaīen Cooper, The Milky Way above Bryce Canyon Ben Cooper, Launch Pad 39A, September 2010. His travel photos are breathtaking and his panoramic ballpark photos are worth a look.Ībove: Ben Cooper, Ice in Mt. But lest you think he just shoots spacecrafts, Ben has taken many spectacular photos of many subjects all over the world. It was the last of the three space shuttles to have power.īelow, other views show the mid-deck, gutted of its lockers and storage areas, and three final photos show the white room entrance in the Orbiter Processing Facility, signed by thousands over the years.īen has a large selection of shuttle and rocket launches that are worth checking out. Just a few weeks later, at 9:58am EDT on May 11, Endeavour was powered down for the final time in history. These rare photos capture the Flight Deck (cockpit) of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, fully powered for one of the final times. With enough buttons, gears and switches on an instrument panel to make most anyone’s head spin, it’s simply mind-blowing that anyone, no matter how much training, can navigate these. Now, a look at the Space Shuttle Endeavour Interior: Space Shuttle Endeavour Interiorįirst, an image of the Space Shuttle Endeavour launch, taken by Ben at Cape Canaveral on March, 8, 2008, to remind you of the exterior: These rare photos of the flight deck (or cockpit to us laymen) of the Space Shuttle Endeavour are nothing short of mesmerizing. But US Space Program photographer Ben Cooper gets to see them from a different angle. Work included mission-critical imagery of the shuttle’s exterior and orbiter tiles that ensured a safe mission of the space shuttle on every flight, as well as public affairs imagery for distribution by NASA and dozens of portraits and award ceremonies.īelow, other views show the mid-deck, gutted of its lockers and storage areas, and three final photos show the white room entrance in the Orbiter Processing Facility, signed by thousands over the years.Most of us have seen space shuttles. He has covered launches and other events at Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center since July 1999, and photographed over 100 missions and launches to date.įor the final few years of the Space Shuttle program, he photographed for NASA and held a position on NASA’s photo and engineering imaging team at the Kennedy Space Center & Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was the last of the three space shuttles to have power.īen Cooper is freelance/media photographer and former NASA photographer currently based out of Daytona Beach, Florida, and serving the Central & North Florida area, including Cape Canaveral.
These rare photos by Ben Cooper capture the Flight Deck (cockpit) of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, fully powered for one of the final times.
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