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PictionID:44806824 - Catalog:14_014051 - Title:Atlas Payload Component - Filename:14_014051.TIF - - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers remove the Stardust solar panels for testing. The spacecraft Stardust will use a unique medium called aerogel to capture comet particles flying off the nucleus of comet Wild 2 in January 2004, plus collect interstellar dust for later analysis. Stardust will be launched aboard a Boeing Delta 7426 rocket from Complex 17, Cape Canaveral Air Station, targeted for Feb. 6, 1999. The collected samples will return to Earth in a re-entry capsule (seen at the top of the spacecraft in this photo) to be jettisoned from Stardust as it swings by Earth in January 2006. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -˝ Centered over the payload canister in the Space Station Processing Facility, the overhead crane begins lowering the Canadian robotic arm, SSRMS, on its pallet inside. The arm is 57.7 feet (17.6 meters) long when fully extended and has seven motorized joints. It is capable of handling large payloads and assisting with docking the Space Shuttle. The SSRMS is self-relocatable with a Latching End Effector, so it can be attached to complementary ports spread throughout the Station˝s exterior surfaces. The SSRMS is part of the payload on mission STS-100, scheduled to launch April 19 at 2:41 p.m. EDT from Launch Pad 39A, KSC. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
International Space Station (ISS) Payload Operations center control room at German aerospace agency DLR in Cologne. 2 photos panorama created with Hugin.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the cruise stage is mated to the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2) entry vehicle. The cruise stage includes fuel tanks, thruster clusters and avionics for steering and propulsion. NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers are designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go. MER-2 is scheduled to launch June 5 as MER-A aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
Today, we look at something old school - the Rin Tohsaka version 1.0 Figma (coming in at 011), released back in 2008, and taking almost three weeks to arrive from somewhere that is a 4 hour plane ride away.
As always, a bit of background for the unfamiliar... who is Rin Tohsaka?
Simply put, she's who you'd call secondary lead character of Fate/Stay Night, and I believe technically she's the lead of the Unlimited Blade Works arc of Fate/Stay Night. She's definitely a take charge sort of person, and is extremely compete with her servant, Archer, but it's her personality that makes her popular.
Rin, you see, is a textbook example of the term Tsundere. In fact, the only reason I even know OF the term is because of Rin. The term is used to describe a character that starts off a relationship as being cold and standoffish, eventually resulting in a more caring, personal, and often affectionate, relationship.
So as I said.. old school figure. As far as I know, there have only been two Figma of Rin - this one, and the 2.0 from Unlimited Blade Works. The 2.0 was released in 2015, and through again blind luck I had stumbled upon her for cheap I'm going say in 2018 at an 80s toy show... yes, you read that right - 80s toys.
If you've seen my #TeamTsundere photo, you'll notice a third figure. This is a 4inch-Nel, same line as those tiny but articulated Mega Man figures I've shown off. The character there is TECHNICALLY Ishtar from the Fate/Grand Order game, and while I'm a bit confused myself, apparently this is not Rin as a Heroic Spirit has taken over her body. But if you ask the hardcore Rin fans, she counts so in the photo she went.
Being the release for Fate/Stay Night, the Rin 1.0 Figma comes with a few things that are more familiar to me. For starters, she's dressed in red sweater and black skirt hat I remember. Contents of the package include the figure, two total face plates (neutral, yelling), a dedicated left forearm with glyphs on it, two hands with red magic bolts (I believe) in her knuckles, her two weapons Azoth and Zelretch, a variety of posing and gripping hands, and of course the Figma stand.
The payload from the 1.0 is definitely more iconic than the 2.0, which comes with different shoes and the magic blast effect as the main accessories, versus her two weapons. For.. reasons, the 1.0 shouting face has eyes staring off slightly into a corner rather than straight ahead.
Side-by-side with the 2.0 show from a size perspective, they're about the same and even proportions wise, it's not as drastic a change as the Saber 1.0 to 2.0. Strangely the face of the 1.0 seems better designed, as it covers up the neck joint when viewed from the side. The hair received a significant boost in terms of detailing and its black versus brown.
Both figures are able maintain a seamless outfit due to the fact the clothes are a soft plastic layer with body segments contained with, and unconcealed at the back to allow for movement. The 2.0 however, has a more robust upper body as compared to the 1.0
Naturally, the articulation of the 2.0 is superior to the 1.0. The 1.0 has what it takes to get the job done, but you'll find posing the 2.0 to be a more refined experience.
Otherwise, the paint and build quality are up to the standard Figma expectations, but lets face it, they're not exactly priced cheap either so high production standards are expected.
With that, my quick retrospective on the Rin 1.0 Figma is completed. It's as solid a release as one would expect, though naturally adding her to your collection is matter of preference, timing and price.
While I do adore the classic look, ultimately the 2.0 will be the one that looks like it fits in with your Fate collection.
This International Payloader front-end loader has been sitting in the exact same spot since my early childhood (20+ years). Doesn't look like it'll be moving any time soon either. The field is slowly overtaking it.
Students from 20 states display their rockets and payloads and talk about what they did to make them fly at the NASA Student Launch Rocket Fair on Friday, April 5. Over 800 students traveled to Huntsville, Alabama, to participate in a week of activities as part of NASA Student Launch.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers from Lockheed Martin begin deploying the solar array on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). After solar array testing, the MRO will be transported to the Vertical Installation Facility in late July. It will join the Atlas V for the final phase of launch preparations. The spacecraft is then scheduled to undergo a functional test, and a final week of integrated testing and closeouts. The MRO was built by Lockheed Martin for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. It is the next major step in Mars exploration and scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in a window opening Aug. 10. The MRO is an important next step in fulfilling NASAs vision of space exploration and ultimately sending human explorers to Mars and beyond. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
Air Force Space and Missile Museum
Type: Satellite casing
Payload: Echo II communication satellite
Agency: U.S. Air Force
Contractor: Douglas Aircraft Company
Built by the Missile and Space Systems Division the Douglas Aircraft Company, shrouds like this one were used during the Big Shot-1 and Big Shot-2 suborbital inflation tests. Part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) project Echo, each Big Shot payload consisted of a 535-pound, 135-foot diameter aluminized plastic balloon.
Following ejection from the shroud at an altitude of about 250 miles, the balloon was inflated and began to rise before making a slow fall back toward Earth. Big Shot tests were designed to validate inflation methods for the proposed Echo passive communications satellites, which were to reflect radio signals across large expanses of ocean.
The Big Shot payload, enclosed within the shroud, was launched atop a Thor missile. Big Shot-1 was launched from Launch Complex 17 on 15 January 1962. Although all test objectives were met, the balloon was torn apart due to rapid inflation. The launch of Big Shot-2, also from Launch Complex 17, took place on 18 July 1962 and was visible for about 10 minutes as it inflated and rose to an altitude of more than 900 miles. At the time, Big Shot-2 was the largest manmade object ever placed in space. Big Shot test paved the way for the successful deployment of the Echo II satellite on 25 January 1964.
This exhibit was provided to the museum by the Redistribution and Marketing Branch at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida in March 1968.
In the Multi-Payload Processing Facility, the Technology Experiments Advancing Missions in Space (TEAMS) payload scheduled to fly on Space Shuttle Mission STS-77 is being installed in the payload canister transporter. Two other payloads flying on STS- 77, the SPACEHAB-4 module and Spartan 207/Inflatable Antenna Experiment (Spartan 207/IAE) also are being installed in the transporter before it heads for Launch Pad 39B; there the three payloads will be installed in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The fourth Shuttle flight of 1996 currently is slated for liftoff on May 16.
Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/
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STS-87 Payload Specialist Leonid Kadenyuk of the National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU), at left, chats with NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin shortly after the landing of Columbia at Kennedy Space Center. Looking on is back-up Payload Specialist Yaroslav Pustovyi, also of NSAU. STS-87 concluded its mission with a main gear touchdown at 7:20:04 a.m. EST Dec. 5, at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 33, drawing the 15-day, 16-hour and 34- minute-long mission of 6.5 million miles to a close. Also onboard the orbiter were Commander Kevin Kregel; Pilot Steven Lindsey; and Mission Specialists Winston Scott, Kalpana Chawla, Ph.D., and Takao Doi, Ph.D., of the National Space Development Agency of Japan. During the 88th Space Shuttle mission, the crew performed experiments on the United States Microgravity Payload-4 and pollinated plants as part of the Collaborative Ukrainian Experiment. This was the 12th landing for Columbia at KSC and the 41st KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program. Administrator Daniel Goldin shortly after landing Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, an overhead crane lowers the canister that will complete encapsulation of the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2), at right. After encapsulation, MER-2 will be transferred to Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. MER-2 is one of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go. MER-2 is scheduled to launch no earlier than June 8 as MER-A aboard a Delta II rocket. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
PictionID:44809265 - Catalog:14_014251 - Title:Atlas Payload Component - Filename:14_014251.TIF - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
There's usually around 3 visits to the various Markets around Melbourne during a typical week. This morning it was a visit to the Queen Vic Market.
I use 2 insulated shopping bags similar to these to help protect the produce from getting too squashed inside the bigger bag.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2) is being encapsulated for transfer to Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. MER-2 is one of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go. MER-2 is scheduled to launch no earlier than June 8 as MER-A aboard a Delta II rocket. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility maneuver a second solar panel to attach it to Deep Space 1. The first flight in NASA's New Millennium Program, Deep Space 1 is designed to validate 12 new technologies for scientific space missions of the next century. Onboard experiments include an ion propulsion engine and software that tracks celestial bodies so the spacecraft can make its own navigation decisions without the intervention of ground controllers. Deep Space 1 will complete most of its mission objectives within the first two months, but may also do a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid, 1992 KD, in July 1999. Deep Space 1 will be launched aboard a Boeing Delta 7326 rocket from Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, in October. Delta II rockets are medium capacity expendable launch vehicles derived from the Delta family of rockets built and launched since 1960. Since then there have been more than 245 Delta launches. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the cruise stage is mated to the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2) entry vehicle. The cruise stage includes fuel tanks, thruster clusters and avionics for steering and propulsion. NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers are designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go. MER-2 is scheduled to launch June 5 as MER-A aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
Inside the Vertical Processing Facility, doors on the payload canister begin to close on the Chandra X-ray Observatory inside before being moved to Launch Pad 39B. Liftoff will take place no earlier than July 20 at 12:36 a.m. EDT aboard Space Shuttle Columbia, on mission STS-93. Chandra will allow scientists from around the world to obtain unprecedented X-ray images of exotic environments to help understand the structure and evolution of the universe. Chandra is expected to provide unique and crucial information on the nature of objects ranging from comets in our solar system to quasars at the edge of the observable universe, map the location of dark matter and help to identify it, and probe the faintest of active galaxies, allowing scientists to study not only how their energy output changes with time, but also how these objects produce their intense energy emissions in the first place. Since X-rays are absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere, space-based observatories are necessary to study these phenomena and allow scientists to analyze some of the greatest mysteries of the universe. for transfer to Launch Pad 39B. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
Students from 20 states display their rockets and payloads and talk about what they did to make them fly at the NASA Student Launch Rocket Fair on Friday, April 5. Over 800 students traveled to Huntsville, Alabama, to participate in a week of activities as part of NASA Student Launch.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
At Launch Pad 39-B, at the 195-foot level, STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, takes a moment from emergency egress training to talk to (left) Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson and Pilot Steven W. Lindsey (right). The STS-95 crew are at KSC to participate in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) which includes mission familiarization activities, emergency egress training, and a simulated main engine cut-off exercise. Other crew members are Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA), Mission Specialist Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), and Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown. The STS-95 mission, targeted for liftoff on Oct. 29, includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as the SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. Following the TCDT, the crew will be returning to Houston for final flight preparations. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr. (right), a senator from Ohio and one of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts, gestures during a media briefing at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site Auditorium. Glenn and the other members of the STS-95 crew held the briefing before returning to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Others shown are (left to right) Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski; Mission Specialist Pedro Duque, with the European Space Agency (ESA); and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). The other crew members participating in the briefing were Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr., Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, and Mission Specialist and Payload Commander Stephen K. Robinson. The STS-95 mission ended with landing at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility at 12:04 p.m. EST on Nov. 7. The mission included research payloads such as the Spartan-201 solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as a SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
During a payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) for the upcoming mission to the International Space Station , Chris Jaskolka of Boeing points out a piece of equipment in the SPACEHAB module to STS-96 Commander Kent Rominger, Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa and Pilot Rick Husband. Other crew members visiting KSC for the IVT are Mission Specialists Tamara Jernigan, Dan Barry, Julie Payette and Valery Tokarev of Russia. Mission STS-96 carries the SPACEHAB Logistics Double Module, which will have equipment to further outfit the International Space Station service module and equipment that can be off-loaded from the early U.S. assembly flights. It carries internal logistics and resupply cargo for station outfitting, plus an external Russian cargo crane to be mounted to the exterior of the Russian station segment and used to perform space walking maintenance activities. The double module stowage provides capacity of up to 10,000 lbs. with the ability to accommodate powered payloads, four external rooftop stowage locations, four double-rack locations (two powered), up to 61 bulkhead-mounted middeck locker locations, and floor storage for large unique items and Soft Stowage. STS-96 is targeted to launch May 20 about 9:32 a.m. EDT. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
Air Force Space and Missile Museum
Type: Satellite casing
Payload: Echo II communication satellite
Agency: U.S. Air Force
Contractor: Douglas Aircraft Company
Built by the Missile and Space Systems Division the Douglas Aircraft Company, shrouds like this one were used during the Big Shot-1 and Big Shot-2 suborbital inflation tests. Part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) project Echo, each Big Shot payload consisted of a 535-pound, 135-foot diameter aluminized plastic balloon.
Following ejection from the shroud at an altitude of about 250 miles, the balloon was inflated and began to rise before making a slow fall back toward Earth. Big Shot tests were designed to validate inflation methods for the proposed Echo passive communications satellites, which were to reflect radio signals across large expanses of ocean.
The Big Shot payload, enclosed within the shroud, was launched atop a Thor missile. Big Shot-1 was launched from Launch Complex 17 on 15 January 1962. Although all test objectives were met, the balloon was torn apart due to rapid inflation. The launch of Big Shot-2, also from Launch Complex 17, took place on 18 July 1962 and was visible for about 10 minutes as it inflated and rose to an altitude of more than 900 miles. At the time, Big Shot-2 was the largest manmade object ever placed in space. Big Shot test paved the way for the successful deployment of the Echo II satellite on 25 January 1964.
This exhibit was provided to the museum by the Redistribution and Marketing Branch at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida in March 1968.
C-5 Galaxy, with its tremendous payload capability, provides the Air Mobility Command airlift in support.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at NASAs Kennedy Space Center, Lockheed-Martin workers move one of the boxes containing NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to a clean room. Here in the PHSF, the spacecraft will undergo multiple mechanical assembly operations and electrical tests to verify its readiness for launch. A test this month will verify the spacecrafts ability to communicate through NASA's Deep Space Network tracking stations. A June test will check the deployment of the spacecraft's high gain communications antenna. Another major deployment test will check out the spacecraft's large solar arrays. The MRO was built by Lockheed-Martin for NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. It is the next major step in Mars exploration and scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in a window opening Aug. 10. The MRO is an important next step in fulfilling NASAs vision of space exploration and ultimately sending human explorers to Mars and beyond. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
The payload for the Certification-1 (Cert-1) flight test on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket is encapsulated inside its payload fairing in preparation for launch. The mission will launch the first Astrobotic Peregrine commercial lunar lander, as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, into a highly elliptical orbit more than 220,000 miles (360,000 km) above Earth to intercept the Moon and carry a Celestis Memorial Spaceflight Payload into deep space. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers inspect the aerogel grid from the Stardust Sample Return Capsule (SRC) to the right of the worker. Stardust will use a unique medium called aerogel to capture comet particles flying off the nucleus of comet Wild 2 in January 2004, plus collect interstellar dust for later analysis. The collected samples will return to Earth in the SRC to be jettisoned as it swings by Earth in January 2006. Stardust is scheduled to be launched aboard a Boeing Delta 7426 rocket from Complex 17, Cape Canaveral Air Station, on Feb. 6, 1999. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
STS-85 Payload Specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason prepares to enter the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery at Launch Complex 39A just prior to launch, scheduled for 10:41 a.m. EDT. The primary payload on this mission is the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite-2 (CRISTA-SPAS-2) free-flyer. The CRISTA-SPAS-2 will be deployed on flight day 1 to study trace gases in the Earths atmosphere as a part of NASAs Mission to Planet Earth program. Also aboard the free-flying research platform will be the Middle Atmosphere High Resolution Spectrograph Instrument (MAHRSI). Other payloads on the 11-day mission include the Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD), a Japanese Space Agency-sponsored experiment. Also in Discoverys payload bay are the Technology Applications and Science-1 (TAS-1) and International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker-2 (IEH-2) experiments. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
In the SPACEHAB Facility for a payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) for their upcoming mission to the International Space Station are (kneeling) STS-96 Mission Specialists Julie Payette and Ellen Ochoa, Pilot Rick Husband, and (standing at right) Mission Specialist Dan Barry. At the left is James Behling, with Boeing, explaining some of the equipment that will be on board STS-96. Other STS-96 crew members at KSC for the IVT are Commander Kent Rominger and Mission Specialists Tamara Jernigan and Valery Tokarev of Russia. Mission STS-96 carries the SPACEHAB Logistics Double Module, which will have equipment to further outfit the International Space Station service module and equipment that can be off-loaded from the early U.S. assembly flights. It carries internal logistics and resupply cargo for station outfitting, plus an external Russian cargo crane to be mounted to the exterior of the Russian station segment and used to perform space walking maintenance activities. The double module stowage provides capacity of up to 10,000 lbs. with the ability to accommodate powered payloads, four external rooftop stowage locations, four double-rack locations (two powered), up to 61 bulkhead-mounted middeck locker locations, and floor storage for large unique items and Soft Stowage. STS-96 is targeted to launch May 20 about 9:32 a.m. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
NASA’s Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) mission hangs from its launcher. The mission lifted off from Antarctica at 5:56 a.m. NZST, Saturday, Dec. 20 (11:56 a.m., Friday, Dec. 19 in U.S. Eastern Time).
The PUEO mission is designed to detect radio signals created when highly energetic particles called neutrinos from space hit the ice. The PUEO payload will collect data that give us insight into events like the creation of black holes and neutron star mergers. Alongside the PUEO mission are two other balloons carrying calibration equipment sending test signals to help scientists make sure the payload equipment is working correctly when it tries to detect real signals from space.
Credit: NASA/Scott Battaion
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A decommissioned first and second stage of a Minuteman 2 missile carrying a military research satellite blasted off 22Sept05 North of Hollywood. The 920-pound "Streak" payload will stay in orbit for a year, gathering information about the Earth's environment in low orbit. The mission's cost is classified. The arc of light at ground level is from a production at Paramount Studios.
Presentations on ExoMars orbiter science at ESA ExoMars launch event in Darmstadt, Germany. Here Ruth Ziethe (Uni Bern, CaSSIS project manager) with moderator Marco Trovatello, ESA Cross-Media Coordinator.
The payload for the Certification-1 (Cert-1) flight test on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket is encapsulated inside its payload fairing in preparation for launch. The mission will launch the first Astrobotic Peregrine commercial lunar lander, as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, into a highly elliptical orbit more than 220,000 miles (360,000 km) above Earth to intercept the Moon and carry a Celestis Memorial Spaceflight Payload into deep space. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility look at the Mars Exploration Rover-2 (MER-2) with its solar arrays fully open. On top can be seen the low-gain and high-gain antennas. Set to launch in Spring 2003, the MER Mission will consist of two identical rovers designed to cover roughly 110 yards each Martian day. Each rover will carry five scientific instruments that will allow it to search for evidence of liquid water that may have been present in the planet's past. The rovers will be identical to each other, but will land at different regions of Mars. The first rover has a launch window opening May 30, and the second rover a window opening June 25, 2003. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
Technicians at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral prepare a Russian replacement computer for stowage aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis shortly before the scheduled launch of Mission STS-86, slated to be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. The last-minute cargo addition requested by the Russians will be mounted on the aft bulkhead of the SPACEHAB Double Module, which is being used as a pressurized cargo container for science/logistical equipment and supplies that will be exchanged between Atlantis and the Mir. Using the Module Vertical Access Kit (MVAC), technicians will be lowered inside the module to install the computer for flight. Liftoff of STS-86 is scheduled Sept. 25 at 10:34 p.m. from Launch Pad 39A. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In a clean room inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at NASAs Kennedy Space Center, Lockheed-Martin workers help guide the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter onto the workstand for final assembly and testing. In the PHSF, the spacecraft will undergo multiple mechanical assembly operations and electrical tests to verify its readiness for launch. A test this month will verify the spacecrafts ability to communicate through NASA's Deep Space Network tracking stations. A June test will check the deployment of the spacecraft's high gain communications antenna. Another major deployment test will check out the spacecraft's large solar arrays. The MRO was built for NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. It is the next major step in Mars exploration and scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in a window opening Aug. 10. The MRO is an important next step in fulfilling NASAs vision of space exploration and ultimately sending human explorers to Mars and beyond. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
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Hi, I'm Amber with the Dan O'Brien Auto Group and today we're going to go over the optional features on the Ram 1500 Big Horn.
No matter what you need to take with you, this Big Horn Quad Cab has what it takes! The 5.7L HEMI® V8 engine boasts a max towing capacity of 11,410 pounds and a pax payload of 1,910 pounds. With its 8 speed automatic transmission and a 3.92 rear axle ratio, well, now you have the ability to tow what you need where you need it.
Close up, you’ll find a tow-haul button, trailer hitch, and Ram’s trailer sway dampening feature. 7 pin wiring keeps you connected for braking and lights. A gear limit button is handy on the steering wheel. Oh, and there’s cargo ties down on the bed, too. The 2020 Ram 1500 integrates state-of-the-art tech, device connectivity, and comfort for an experience like no other.
If you're looking to get the best price on a Ram 1500 Big Horn come on down to Dan O'Brien Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge, Ram of Methuen and ask for me April. We're located at 175 Pelham Street in Methuen and we can take it on a test drive.
STS-82 Payload Commander Mark C. Lee relaxes for a moment after donning his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. Suit technicians help the astronauts put on their suits and make final adjustments. This is Lee˝s fourth space flight. He and the six other crew members will depart shortly for Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Discovery awaits liftoff on a 10-day mission to service the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This will be the second HST servicing mission. Four back-to-back spacewalks are planned. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility look over the Mars Exploration Rover -2. MER-1 and MER-2, their aeroshells and landers will undergo a full mission simulation before being integrated. After spin balance testing, each spacecraft will be mated to a solid propellant upper stage booster that will propel the spacecraft out of Earth orbit. Approximately 10 days before launch they will be transported to the launch pad for mating with their respective Boeing Delta II rockets. The rovers will serve as robotic geologists to seek answers about the evolution of Mars, particularly for a history of water. The rovers are identical to each other, but will land at different regions of Mars. Launch of the first rover is scheduled for May 30 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The second will follow June 25. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, an overhead crane lowers the canister that will complete encapsulation of the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2), at right. After encapsulation, MER-2 will be transferred to Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. MER-2 is one of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go. MER-2 is scheduled to launch no earlier than June 8 as MER-A aboard a Delta II rocket. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum