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The Toast of The Town, was the original name for the Ed Sullivan television Show. From 1948 through 1962, the program's primary sponsor was the Lincoln-Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company. Sullivan, with his interesting speaking style, would read many commercials for Mercury vehicles live on the air during this period. And Mercury's, like this 1956, would be viewed during those brief commercial moments. As a kid, I enjoyed watching the show on Sunday nights with my mom and dad, and always loved the commercials where I could be excited by seeing the latest cars from Lincoln Mercury.
Back in 1956 hood ornaments like on this 1956 Mercury were not even thought to be a deadly weapon when striking some poor pedestrian. It was all about beauty back them, however, that all changed in the years that followed. As a 15 year old at the time I have fond memories of the Sunday night television show, The Toast Of The Town, aka The Ed Sullivan Show which was sponsored by Lincoln Mercury, and drooling over all the commercials of "the latest models" from Mercury. The following from Wiki is a little history of the show:
From 1948 until its cancellation in 1971, the show ran on CBS every Sunday night from 8–9 p.m. Eastern Time, and is one of the few entertainment shows to have run in the same weekly time slot on the same network for more than two decades.
Virtually every type of entertainment appeared on the show; classical musicians, opera singers, popular recording artists, songwriters, comedians, ballet dancers, dramatic actors performing monologues from plays, and circus acts were regularly featured. The format was essentially the same as vaudeville and, although vaudeville had undergone a slow demise for a generation, Sullivan presented many ex-vaudevillians on his show.
Originally co-created and produced by Marlo Lewis, the show was first titled Toast of the Town, but was widely referred to as The Ed Sullivan Show for years before September 25, 1955, when that became its official name. In the show's June 20, 1948 debut, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis performed along with singer Monica Lewis and Broadway composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II previewing the score to their then-new show South Pacific, which opened on Broadway in 1949.
From 1948 through 1962, the program's primary sponsor was the Lincoln-Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company; Sullivan read many commercials for Mercury vehicles live on the air during this period.
The Ed Sullivan Show was originally broadcast via live television from CBS-TV studio 51, the Maxine Elliott Theatre, at Broadway and 39th St. before moving to its permanent home at CBS-TV Studio 50 in New York City (1697 Broadway, at 53rd Street), which was renamed the Ed Sullivan Theater on the occasion of the program's 20th anniversary in June 1968. The last original Sullivan show telecast (#1068) was on March 28, 1971, with guests Melanie, Joanna Simon, Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass and Sandler and Young.
UP Steam Program's prized possession, UP 4014, slowly lowers its short passenger train (PPFSL 28) down the MacArthur Bridge at TRRA's Gratiot Control Point. Once clear, the train will shove toward Poplar Street and the Merchants District for a photo op under the Gateway Arch.
Work on the CREATE program's Forest Hill grade-separation project, much-touted and publicized by the railroads involved, (NS, BRC, CSX and Metra) has finally commenced, or at least, visible construction has. To the left of this very long CP manifest heading west on the BRC towards Clearing Yard, are the beginnings of foundations for the flyover (which CSX's B&OCT / Barr Sub will use to cross the BRC and NS mains) as well as trackbed being prepared for reconfigured CSX-BRC connection tracks.
Compositionally Challenged Week 49 - Soft Focus
Softness added in post with the Ribbet program's "Soften" effect, and then I added a white matte vignette to enhance the softness.
During the September 11 attacks of 2001, 2,977 people were killed (excluding the 19 hijackers) and more than 6,000 others were injured. The immediate deaths included 265 on the four planes (including the terrorists), 2,606 in the World Trade Center and in the surrounding area, and 125 at the Pentagon. The attacks were the deadliest terrorist act in world history, and the most devastating foreign attack on United States soil since the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Most of those who perished were civilians except for 343 firefighters and 71 law enforcement officers who died in the World Trade Center and on the ground in New York City, and another law enforcement officer who died when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 55 military personnel who died at the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and the 19 terrorists who died on board the four aircraft. Overall, 2,605 U.S. citizens, including 2,135 civilians, died in the attacks, while an additional 372 non-U.S. citizens (excluding the 19 perpetrators) also perished, which represented about 12% of the total. More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks, including the United Kingdom (67 deaths), the Dominican Republic (47 deaths), and India (41 deaths).
2,974 victims were confirmed to have died in the initial attacks. In 2007, the New York City medical examiner's office began to add people who died of illnesses caused by exposure to dust from the site to the official death toll. The first such victim was a woman, a civil rights lawyer, who had died from a chronic lung condition in February 2002. In September 2009, the office added a man who died in October 2008, and in 2011, a male accountant who had died in December 2010.This raises the number of victims at the World Trade Center site to 2,753, and the overall 9/11 death toll to 2,996.
As of August 2013, medical authorities concluded that 1,140 people who worked, lived, or studied in Lower Manhattan at the time of the attack have been diagnosed with cancer as a result of "exposure to toxins at Ground Zero". It has been reported that over 1,400 9/11 rescue workers who responded to the scene in the days and months after the attacks have since died] At least 11 pregnancies were lost as a result of 9/11. Neither the FBI or New York City officially recorded the casualties of the 9/11 attacks in their crime statistics for 2001, with the FBI stating in a disclaimer that "the number of deaths is so great that combining it with the traditional crime statistics will have an outlier effect that falsely skews all types of measurements in the program's analyses."
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An example of Photoshop AI Generative Fill capabilities using my image in my previous post: flic.kr/p/2oHXJMH
Not great, but pretty impressive considering the level of effort on my part. I'm impressed by the program's ability to match the mood, color, and overall composition vibe of the image.
OK, this is a test shot with the new Olympus (OMDS) OM-1. I finally upgraded the original OM-D E-M1 after more than a decade of use. One of the first things I did was to use one of the new camera's Custom spaces to save a bunch of settings specifically for bird photography. Today, I tested those out and I was completely blown away! For as long as I can remember, getting good bird shots has invloved stealth, patience, and the ability to move the focus point quickly to where you wanted it. With the new OM-1, I just pointed the camera at the bird and the focus locked on immediately and automatically, even picking up the bird's eye. The result has been almost effortless with pin sharp images as a result. This is almost too easy now!
Here is one of my test shots from the Summerside boardwalk near downtown Summerside on PEI. This bird was photographed at 400mm using an aperture of f/6.3 and a shutterspeed of 1/2000th. ISO was selected by the camera automatically and set to 16,000. I would never shoot the E-M1 at anything over ISO 3,200. Am I satisfied with the result? You bet! This is better than I could have expected.
Photo taken with the Olympus OM-1 and M.Zuiko 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3. This is not an AI generated image. That said, I processed the raw file through DxO PhotoLab 8 where I was able to effectively eliminate high ISO noise with that software program's very fine noise reduction algorithm.
For many years the ice breaker "Aurora Australis" operated out of Hobart. As the needs for servicing the Australian Antarctic bases grew, a more up-to-date ship was required. So in 2017 the Nuyina was commissioned. Nuyina is the Palawi word for "Southern Lights". www.facebook.com/AusAntarctic/videos/rsv-nuyina-meaning/1...
This newest of polar class ice breakers came into service on 19 August 2021. It was designed by a Danish firm, and built by a Dutch company in their Romanian shipyards. It is an extraordinarily effective scientific ship as you'll see from all the information provided at the program's website:
UPDATE: The Nuyina has just returned from its maiden Antarctic voyage that took place between this shot and January 30th. It was hugely successful.
This week in 1961, NASA launched the first test flight of the Saturn I rocket. The uncrewed suborbital flight carried a dummy upper stage filled with water to an altitude of 84.8 mi. The flight accomplished its objective of verifying the aerodynamical and structural design of the Saturn I booster. The rocket stood 162 feet tall, weighed 460 tons, and employed eight H-1 engines. Today, Marshall is playing a vital role in the Artemis program by developing the Space Launch System, the backbone of NASA’s exploration plans and the only rocket capable of sending humans to the Moon and Mars. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This was taken over the summer in 1969 at the Latham's home in Northern Virginia. Our two families have been close friends forever. Joe's father -- called "Uncle Bob", usually derisively, by everyone, including his own children -- was one of my two godfathers in the Episcopal church. Uncle Bob was an unabashed racist who wore a "S.P.O.N.G.E." button on his lapel for an entire session of school; asked what the acronym meant, he'd reply, "The Society for the Prevention Of Negroes from Getting Everything." That kind of racist. My godfather.
Mrs. Latham I loved, though. "Ella". Petite, elegantly-dressed, refined, and cuter than a bucket of bunnies (Joe and I are seated in her parlor in the photo above). Ella looked like a freckled, matronly version of Debbie Reynolds. The last time I saw her was at a memorial service for Uncle Bob at Episcopal High School in 1987 where I managed to get a really lovely photo of her greeting Mr. Callaway, who had just delivered a brief, but elegant summary of Uncle Bob's career.
(Mr. Callaway was 99 at the time and had taught geometry at the school from 1915-85, when he was forced to retire because he was getting blind. After taking the picture of him and Ella Latham, I walked up to him and told him who I was -- I hadn't seen him since the school's memorial service for my dad in 1968. "Well, Willie!" he exclaimed. "You live in Texas now, don't you? And Ruthie...she's in Washington, DC? She still work for The Smithsonian Magazine? I thought so. Alicia, Alicia's...let's see Alicia's living with that divorce lawyer, I think. And your mother's in Charleston?" I was dumbstruck by this old man's knowledge of the current events in the lives of people he knew and loved but never saw anymore.)
Joe dropped out of school when his girlfriend, a folksinger, got pregnant. He was a gifted guitarist, but became widely known among musicians as a brilliant guitar maker. His pearl inlays are considered second to none. One night in '73 Buffy Sainte Marie came to have a drink at the bar I worked in Nashville (she had a White Russian if anyone asks) and during the course of the evening asked me where I was from. I told her that, until I'd moved to Nashville after graduation from college, I'd lived my whole life in Alexandria, Va.
"Alexandria? Do you know Joe Latham?" Her companion thought I was lying when I said I'd grown up with him, but I knew enough details about Joe to convince them otherwise.
Joe's younger sister Sarah was a year younger than my sister Ruthie. She became an antiques dealer and appraiser after graduating from college. I was watching 'Antiques Roadshow" one night on PBS and saw Sarah expertly appraise some guy's antique wooden cabinet for him. I later heard from Ruthie that Sarah dropped any further connection with the show after the exposure of a "Roadshow" scandal, involving another appraiser and a collector's rigging the appraisal of some old handguns on the show. The segment was later removed from the program's future broadcasts, but Sarah apparently felt that the program's integrity had been compromised and wanted to disassociate herself from it completely.
Among Joe's musician friends was Janis Joplin. The summer of 1969 he got word from her that she was going to drop by his shop in Alexandria after a concert in Georgetown in Washington, DC, just 8 miles away. He invited me and my girlfriend Kitty (who was studying drama in DC that summer) and some other friends to come over that night to meet her; we waited for about three hours outside his shop, but she never showed.
Pink and standing on stilts - like its namesake - this was among the eight pilot projects that launched the Eisenhower-era ''Mission 66'' national park infrastructure program, conceived to rejuvenate the system in time for its 50th anniversary in 1966.
The program's choice of architectural style - dubbed ''Park Service Modern'' - marked a clean break from the traditional log-and-stone rusticity that had, by that time, become synonymous with park structures.
The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
This week in 1992, space shuttle Columbia and STS-50 launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, carrying the first United States Microgravity Laboratory. The Spacelab long module included an Extended Duration Orbiter pallet and consisted of 31 experiments ranging from the manufacture of crystals for possible semiconductor use to the study of behavior of weightless fluids. USML-1 was a national effort to advance microgravity research in a broad number of disciplines. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center managed the Spacelab program for NASA. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall serves as "science central" for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's scientific experiments. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA's remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA's activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA's history, visit the Marshall History Program's webpage. (NASA)
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This week in 1973, the uncrewed Skylab was launched aboard a modified Saturn V rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The initial concept for the orbital workshop was devised at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The center also managed the development of Skylab hardware and experiments. Over the course of its human occupation from May 25, 1973 to February 8, 1974, three crews visited Skylab and carried out 270 scientific and technical investigations and logged a combined 171 days in orbit. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall serves as "science central" for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's science experiments. After 20 years of continuous human presence, the space station remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone toward achieving the goals of the Artemis program. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA's remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA's activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA's history, visit the Marshall History Program's webpage.
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Some of my personal best figures i made in the past year.
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On April 22, 1970, humanity came together around the world to celebrate and honor Earth Day for the first time. Not long after, in 1972, the crew of NASA's Apollo 17 mission took this classic photo of Earth, the "Blue Marble", on their way to the Moon for the Apollo program's final lunar landing.
Now, as NASA prepares the Artemis program to return to the Moon — to stay — we continue to look back at the beauty and wonder of our home planet, using what we learn in space to keep it safe.
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This week in 1999, space shuttle Discovery launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for an eight-day mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, which was designed and built at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Here, astronauts Steven L. Smith and John M. Grunsfield are shown during extravehicular activity replacing gyroscopes inside Hubble. The NASA History Program documents and preserves NASA’s remarkable history through a variety of products -- photos, press kits, press releases, mission transcripts and administrators' speeches. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the History Program’s Web page.
international crew of seven in support of the Spacelab D-2 mission. D-2 became the second Spacelab flight under German mission management. Two teams performed around-the-clock operations, conducting 88 experiments covering materials and life sciences, technology applications, Earth observations, astronomy, and atmospheric physics. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center was responsible for managing the Spacelab missions. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall serves as “science central” for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s science experiments. After 20 years of continuous human presence, the space station remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone toward achieving the goals of the Artemis program. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This view of Earth was photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its translunar journey toward the Moon with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. The spacecraft was already about 10,000 nautical miles from Earth when this picture was taken. Portions of the land mass of North America and Central America can be seen. Aboard Apollo 11 were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. This July, in a series of special events, NASA is marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Program -- the historic effort that sent the first U.S. astronauts into orbit around the Moon in 1968, and landed a dozen astronauts on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. For more pictures, and to connect to NASA’s remarkable history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 1998, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-91, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the ninth and final docking of a shuttle and Russia’s Mir space station. The successful nine-day mission featured the first in-orbit test of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and the first use of the space shuttle super lightweight external tank. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center serves as “science central” for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s science experiments. After 20 years of continuous human presence, the space station remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone toward achieving the goals of the Artemis program. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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With the “IAIS” steam program’s future uncertain, I took the morning to run up to see the Iowa Bolt’s last run before it gets put in the shed at Newton for an unknown amount of time. The morning’s weather couldn’t have been much better for a casual train chase.
This was the second of two must-have shots from the trip. I only wanted to be sure to nail the Grinnell shot and since I’d seen how full the stack was yesterday, I wanted a “fall in Iowa” broadside. I’ve shot almost this exact shot before, but wanted some more texture in the foreground this time so I got a towel out and laid as flat as I could in the field.
This week in 1997, the Fastrac engine was duration tested in Test Stand 116 at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The overall purpose of this test was to gauge the length of time between contact of triethylaluminum and liquid oxygen as an ignitor for the engine. Initially developed for use with the first powered flight of NASA’s X-34 technology demonstrator, the Fastrac engine was capable of producing 60,000 pounds of thrust. Today, Marshall is playing a vital role in the Artemis program by developing the Space Launch System, the backbone of NASA’s exploration plans and the only rocket capable of sending humans to the Moon and Mars. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This was an assignment from school. The assignment was to photograph someone completely stressed out on coffee and cigarettes. I got an A+ and it got put up in our program's gallery.
This week in 2001, space shuttle Discovery and STS-105 landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center following a successful 12-day mission to the International Space Station. This was the 11th space station assembly flight. The goals of STS-105 were rotating the Expedition Two crew with the Expedition Three crew and delivering supplies using the Italian-built Multipurpose Logistics Module, Leonardo. Here, the STS-105 crew departs the orbiting laboratory. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall serves as "science central" for the space station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's scientific experiments. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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Excerpt from insidehalton.com:
A White Oak tree in Burlington that is at least 300 years old has been given a heritage designation by the province.
The city-owned, 30-metre (100-foot) high tree has a circumference of nearly 500 centimetres (16.7 ft.) and is quite likely one of the oldest and largest Quercus alba specimens in Canada, according to the Burlington Historical Society.
Located at Allview Avenue, a short street on the north shore of Burlington Bay, the White Oak was part of an historic boundary line for nearly 250 years.
Before 1957, it also marked the starting point of the border between Burlington and Aldershot.
According to the historical society’s website, “In 1789, the Allview White Oak was a surveyor’s benchmark for a treaty arranging the purchase from the Mississauga First Nation, for the British Crown, of a block of land that soon afterwards became the 3,450-acre parcel of land known as Brant’s Block.
Supported by City Forester Rick Lipsitt, the Burlington Horticultural Society and the Burlington Historical Society nominated the tree for the Ontario Heritage Tree Program’s heritage designation.
A brief ceremony celebrating the heritage tree and commemorating it with a plaque was scheduled for today (October 21, 2011) at its Allview Avenue location.
A relatively new program, the Ontario Heritage Tree Program helps identify and record the location of heritage trees in the province, which are assessed by age, size, appearance and cultural and historical significance.
According to the program’s website, “The identification of these trees will enable Trees Ontario and community-minded organizations to locate potential native seed sources of legacy trees. Collecting these seeds will ensure native stock is grown and available for future planting.”
This week in 1969, Apollo 9 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean following a successful 10-day mission. Here, the docked Apollo 9 command and service module and lunar module can be seen during astronaut David R. Scott’s stand-up spacewalk on the fourth flight day of the mission. The primary objective of Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbital engineering test of the first crewed lunar module. Other prime objectives included an overall checkout of rocket and spacecraft systems, the crew and procedures. The flight plan's top priority was rendezvous and docking of the command and service module and the lunar module. All prime mission objectives were accomplished and all major spacecraft systems were successfully demonstrated. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 2007, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-117, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station. Mission objectives included delivering the second and third starboard truss segments and a set of solar arrays to the orbiting lab. Here, the space station’s new configuration is seen during Atlantis’ departure and fly-around. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center serves as “science central” for the space station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s science experiments. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 2007, space shuttle Endeavour and STS-118 launched from Kennedy Space Center to complete installation of the third starboard S5 truss segment to the International Space Station. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall serves as "science central" for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's scientific experiments. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 1992, STS-49 launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the first flight of the space shuttle Endeavour. The primary mission objective was to capture, repair and redeploy the INTELSAT VI (F-3) communications satellite. Today, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is developing NASA's Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket ever built that will be capable of sending astronauts deeper into space than ever before, including to Mars. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
For more fun throwbacks, check out Marshall's History Album by clicking here.
This week in 2011, space shuttle Discovery lifted-off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for its 39th and final mission. Discovery and its six-member crew delivered the Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics Module -- packed with supplies, critical spare parts and Robonaut 2 -- to the International Space Station. The first shuttle mission launched in April 1981, and for the next 30 years the program’s five spacecraft carried people into orbit repeatedly, launched, recovered and repaired satellites, conducted cutting-edge research and built the largest structure in space, the space station.
Today, Marshall's Payload Operations Integration Center serves as "science central" for the space station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's scientific experiments.
For more fun throwbacks, check out Marshall's History Album by clicking here.
This week in 1972, the Apollo 17 crew returned to Earth following a successful 12-day mission. Apollo 17 marked the final crewed lunar landing mission. Here, Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan approaches the parked Lunar Roving Vehicle. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center designed, developed and managed the production of the Lunar Roving Vehicle that astronauts used to explore the Moon. Today, Marshall is developing NASA's Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket ever built, capable of sending astronauts to the Moon, Mars and deeper into space than ever before. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 2006, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-115, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the 19th flight to the International Space Station. The mission delivered and installed the P3/P4 integrated truss segment on the station. This was the first space station assembly mission after a four-year hiatus. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 1971, Apollo 15 became the first mission to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle. The LRV was a lightweight, electric vehicle designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon. It was capable of traversing the lunar surface, allowing Apollo astronauts to extend the range of their extravehicular activities. Here, the LRV is photographed alone against the desolate lunar background following the third Apollo 15 EVA. For more pictures, and to connect to NASA’s remarkable history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 2000, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-106, lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station. STS-106 completed all mission objectives to prepare the station for the first crew, scheduled for launch October 2000. The mission focused on unloading nearly 3 tons of cargo from the orbiter and Progress supply craft already docked to the opposite end of the station. The crew transferred more than 6,000 pounds of material, including food, water, office supplies, onboard environmental supplies and a computer and monitor to the interior of the station. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center serves as “science central” for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s science experiments. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 1966, AS-202 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission was an uncrewed suborbital flight to test the Saturn IB rocket and the Apollo command and service modules. The objectives of the flight were to verify the structural integrity, launch loads, stage separation, and operation of subsystems of the Saturn 1B, and to evaluate the Apollo spacecraft separations, emergency detection system, subsystems, heatshield at high reentry velocity, and mission support facilities. All mission objectives were achieved. Today, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is playing a vital role in the Artemis program by developing the Space Launch System. SLS and the Orion spacecraft, along with the commercial human landing system and the Gateway in orbit around the Moon, are NASA’s backbone for deep space exploration. SLS is the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and supplies to the Moon in a single mission. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 2009, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-128, launched to the International Space Station on the 30th mission dedicated to the assembly and maintenance of the orbiting lab. Discovery carried the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, a pressurized module that brought equipment, experiments, and supplies to and from the station. Here, astronaut Danny Olivas participates in the mission’s first spacewalk as construction and maintenance of the station continued. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center serves as “science central” for the space station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s science experiments. After 20 years of continuous human presence, the space station remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone toward achieving the goals of the Artemis program. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 1965, SA-9, the eighth Saturn flight, launched from Cape Kennedy Launch Complex in Florida. This was the first Saturn flight with an operational payload – the Pegasus I meteoroid detection satellite. Pegasus was developed by Fairchild Stratos Corporation for NASA through the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center. A Pegasus satellite also flew aboard the SA-8 and SA-10 missions in 1965. After being placed in orbit around Earth, the satellite electronically recorded the size and frequency of particles in space and compared the performance of protected and unprotected solar cells as important preliminaries to crewed flights to the Moon. Today, Marshall is playing a vital role in the Artemis program by developing the Space Launch System, the backbone of NASA’s exploration plans and the only rocket capable of sending humans to the Moon and Mars. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 1998, space shuttle Discovery and STS-91 launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the ninth and final Shuttle-Mir docking mission. Between March 1995 and May 1998, NASA and Russian scientists conducted experiments on the Russian space station designed to answer vital questions about how humans function in space and how to build future space stations. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center serves as "science central" for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's scientific experiments. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA's remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA's activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect toNASA's history, visit the Marshall History Program's webpage.
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This week in 1989, the space shuttle Atlantis and STS-34 landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California following a successful four-day mission. The primary objective of the mission was to deploy the Galileo spacecraft on its six-year journey to Jupiter. Today, the current spacecraft exploring Jupiter is the Juno mission, which launched Aug. 5, 2011, and arrived at Jupiter July 4, 2016. Juno is part of the New Frontiers Program managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center’s Science Mission Directorate. The goal of the mission is to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter, look for its solid planetary core, map its magnetic field, measure water and ammonia in the planet’s deep atmosphere and observe auroras. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 1972, Apollo 16 launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Apollo 16 was the second of three science-oriented missions planned for the Apollo Program. It carried with it a Lunar Roving Vehicle, developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to transport astronauts and materials on the Moon. Today, Marshall is developing NASA's Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket ever built, capable of sending astronauts to the Moon, Mars and deeper into space than ever before. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 2007, the space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-117, landed at Edwards Air Force Base following the completion of a successful 14-day mission to the International Space Station. The primary mission objective was to deliver the second and third starboard truss segments, S3 and S4, and another pair of solar arrays to the station. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center serves as "science central" for the space station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's scientific experiments. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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INJURED EAGLE FLYING ONCE AGAIN
October 23rd, 2018
…thanks to help from some friends.
By: Larissa Smith, CWF Biologist
www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2018/10/23/injured-eagle-...
10/18/2018 - Braveheart’s Big Day - It was touch and go for awhile, but after 8 weeks of intensive medical treatment and rehab at The Raptor Trust of NJ, Braveheart was banded early this morning in preparation for his release. Many thanks to the good folks at The Raptor Trust, NJDEP Endangered & Nongame Species Program, Conserve Wildlife Foundation NJ, and Jon Palombi for all their hard work. Braveheart was released this morning in Monmouth County. Go Braveheart!!!
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
This week in 1973, the third and final crewed Skylab mission launched aboard a Saturn IB rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The crew – astronauts Gerald Carr, William Pogue, and Ed Gibson – performed a diverse range of experiments and observed the comet Kohoutek. After 84 days in space, the crew returned to Earth on Feb. 8, 1974. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center serves as “science central” for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s science experiments. After 20 years of continuous human presence, the space station remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone toward achieving the goals of the Artemis program. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 1991, space shuttle Columbia, mission STS-40, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying the fifth Spacelab mission. The Spacelab Life Sciences-1 module was the first Spacelab mission dedicated solely to life sciences. The main purpose of the mission was to study the mechanisms, magnitudes and time courses of certain physiological changes that occur during spaceflight and was designed to explore the responses of the heart, lungs, blood vessels, kidneys and hormone-secreting glands to microgravity and related body fluid shifts. Today, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center manages the Life Sciences Glovebox and monitors International Space Station science and communications from its Payload Operations Integration Center. Scheduled to launch to the station in September 2018, the Life Sciences Glovebox will be used to study the long-term impact of microgravity on human physiology, revealing new ways to improve life on Earth while protecting human explorers during long-duration deep space missions. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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Non-captive Male - Peregrine Hatchling
Peregrine Falcon
The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache". As is typical of bird-eating raptors, Peregrine Falcons are sexually dimorphic, females being considerably larger than males. The Peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over 200 mph during its characteristic hunting stoop (high speed dive), making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to a National Geographic TV program, the highest measured speed of a Peregrine Falcon is 242 mph.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_falcon
The Endangered and Nongame Species Program's (NJENSP) mission is to actively conserve New Jersey's biological diversity by maintaining and enhancing endangered, threatened and nongame wildlife populations within healthy, functioning ecosystems.
This week in 1985, space shuttle Challenger and STS-51F launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. STS-51F carried the Spacelab 2 module -- a payload that contained scientific instruments dedicated to life sciences, plasma physics, astronomy, high-energy astrophysics, solar physics, atmospheric physics and technology research. Here, the Solar Optical Universal Polarimeter experiment is visible among the cluster of Spacelab 2 hardware in the orbiter’s cargo bay. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall serves as "science central" for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's scientific experiments. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 1973, the second crewed Skylab mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean following a successful 59-day mission in the orbiting laboratory. Here, astronaut Owen K. Garriott retrieves an image experiment from the Apollo Telescope Mount during an extravehicular activity. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall serves as "science central" for the space station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory's scientific experiments. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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This week in 1996, space shuttle Endeavour, mission STS-77, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Endeavour carried three primary payloads: the SPACEHAB-4 pressurized research module, the Inflatable Antenna Experiment mounted on the Spartan 207 free-flyer and a suite of four technology demonstration experiments known as Technology Experiments for Advancing Missions in Space. Here, the Spartan 207 free-flyer is held in a low-hover mode above its berth in the shuttle’s cargo bay in the grasp of the Remote Manipulator System. The free-flyer was recaptured by Endeavour’s crew on May 21, 1996. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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CAL FIRE Sikorsky S-70i Fire Hawk N483DF, 903
c/n 704030.
I believe that that the 9xx number on this aircraft indicates that it is part of CAL FIRE's reserve fleet, used to replace or augment other helicopters as necessary. The station marking above the cockpit is McClellan, CAL FIRE's headquarters.
Sacramento McClellan Airport (MCC / KMCC), California
CAL FIRE S-70i Information Sheet (CAL FIRE):
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Sikorsky / Lockheed Martin FIREHAWK web site
(Manufacturer's web site):
www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/sikorsky-firehawk.html
This week in 2001, space shuttle Endeavour, mission STS-100, landed after a successful 11-day mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour delivered the new Remote Manipulator System, or Canadarm2, to the station. Here, astronauts Scott Parazynski and Chris Hadfield prepare to unpack Canadarm2 during the first of two spacewalks. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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