page_title: Airstream
section_title: Space program
hierarchical_section_title: Airstream / Space program
caption_attribution_description: English: The NASA astrovan drives to launch pad 39A with the crew of STS-125 after dropping off NASA management outside the Launch Control Center (LCC) and Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), Monday, May 11, 2009, at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Space shuttle Atlantis' 11-day mission is the final shuttle flight to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The seven-member crew will enhance the observatory to ensure cutting-edge science.
context_page_description: Airstream is a US brand of travel trailers which are easily recognized by the distinctive shape of their rounded and polished aluminum coachwork. This body shape dates back to the 1930s and is based on designs created by Hawley Bowlus, who had earlier overseen construction of Charles Lindbergh's aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis.
  Airstream trailers and recreational vehicles are manufactured in Jackson Center, Ohio, USA. The company, now a division of Thor Industries, employs more than 800 people, and is the oldest in the industry.
context_section_description: In 1969, upon their return from the Moon, the crewmen of Apollo 11 were quarantined in the Mobile Quarantine Facility, a modified airtight Airstream trailer, until it could be determined that there was little likelihood of their having brought back lunar pathogens with them.
  For decades, NASA has used a fleet of Airstream motorhomes to transport astronauts to the launch pad. The space shuttle program used a modified 1983 Airstream Excella beginning in 1984 dubbed the Astrovan.
  On October 21, 2019, Airstream and Boeing announced that a modified Airstream Atlas (which also uses a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis), will be used to transport Boeing commercial crew astronauts to the launch pad where they would board the CST-100 Starliner on their way to the International Space Station.
caption: The Astrovan drives in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building.
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