A pair of T-38's were mounted for static display at Space Center Houston on NASA Parkway just this morning.

 

Here are some attempts at getting artistic with my 8...

 

Here's another one, for anyone who may be interested...

 

now will u explain why these two ships or this model is important or significant?

 

T38's are fast - that's all that is important

 

The reason that they're at the NASA facility in Houston is that the T-38 is the plane the astronauts fly to keep their piloting skills current. The Johnson Space Flight Center is NASA's home for manned space flight. IIRC, it is a tradition that astronauts fly the T-38 the day before their mission.

The T-38 is also the only US supersonic fighter available for civilian ownership. So if you got enough money, you can go really fast.

 

fast planes are hott no matter what.
Now climb up there and get some pixs riding that bad boy. j/k

 

nice pics...oo i can own one..time to ply the lotto ;D

 

My girlfriend lives a couple of miles from there. A couple of miles north of NASA is Ellington Field. Every once in a while I'll see one of the NASA T-38's fly out of there. A couple of days before shuttle missions you can sometimes see the astronauts taking off in the T-38's from there to head over to Florida for the launch.

 

I'm planning to be in Florida next month to see the Space Shuttle Return-to-Flight launch. So far, the biggest rocket I've seen launched was made by Estes.

 

Your avatar is definitely worth saving since there is now a big building there.

 

Kind of a bummer that they covered it up. Here's the full photo (originally posted two summers ago):

 

Looks like those planes are getting it on!!

Hi,
Shuttle launches are incredible...I'll see you there!

 

Ha! Look close and you'll see that the one "on top" has dropped its trousers. That's the standard maintenance access for whipping out its engine.

I imagine that you've seen a bunch, living out there in Florida.

All I've seen so far is one landing. Doesn't quite have the same earthquake/deafening-roar/light-up-the-sky type of action.