Orbiter Assignments/OPF Status
OPF-1 was closed following Atlantis' s rollout on June 29, 2012.
OPF-2 is now inactive following Atlantis's departure on October 18, 2012.
OPF-3 is under lease to Boeing for the manufacture and testing of their CST-100 spacecraft.
Discovery is currently at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
Endeavour Arrived at the California Science Center on September 14, 2012.
Atlantis Atlantis Rolled out of OPF 2 for the final time on October 18, 2012 and is currently sat in the VAB awaiting its final journey to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Scheduled for November 2, 2012. This marked the closing of OPF 2 for the use of an orbiter.
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