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Soon after World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union became locked in a global conflict pitting democracy against communism. Space became a critical theater in this Cold War, as each side competed to best the other's achievements in what became known as the Space Race.
This gallery tells about that U.S.-Soviet space rivalry and its aftermath, from the military origins of the Space Race, through the race to the Moon and the development of reconnaissance satellites, to cooperative ventures between the two former rivals and efforts to maintain a human presence in space. Some of the many highlights include a German V-1 "buzz bomb" and V 2 missile, Soviet and U.S. spacecraft and space suits, a Skylab Orbital Workshop, and a full-size test version of the Hubble Space Telescope.
pumpkin spice cookies, i got this cookie recipe from crafty-penguin :o) thankyou Carolyn such a yummy recipe , these are decorated with royal icing
This spectacular image shows Prometheus (at left) and Pandora (at right),
with their flock of icy ring particles (the F ring) between them. Pandora
is exterior to the ring, and closer to the spacecraft here. Each of the
shepherd satellites has an unusual shape, with a few craters clearly
visible.
The effect of Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across) on the F
ring is visible as it pulls material out of the ring when it is farthest
from Saturn in its orbit. Pandora is 84 kilometers (52 miles) across.
The image was taken in polarized green light with the Cassini spacecraft
narrow-angle camera on Oct. 29, 2005, at a distance of approximately
459,000 kilometers (285,000 miles) from Pandora and 483,500 kilometers
(300,500 miles) from Prometheus. The image scale is 3 kilometers (2
miles) per pixel on Pandora and 3 kilometers (2 miles) per pixel on
Prometheus. The view was acquired from about a third of a degree below
the ringplane.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team homepage is at
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
1/6 scale scratchbuilt raygun built in Rocketpunk style and designed around a matchbox. About 2 hours work broken up into a few minutes here, a few minutes there, etc. More designs to come.
This was my first attempt at some planet photography, I managed to get the settings almost right although the iso is slightly too high.
Unfortunately the camera battery was running low so I didn't have enough time to experiment.
M2-9 is a striking example of a "butterfly" or a bipolar planetary nebula. Another more revealing name might be the "Twin Jet Nebula." If the nebula is sliced across the star, each side of it appears much like a pair of exhausts from jet engines. Indeed, because of the nebula's shape and the measured velocity of the gas, in excess of 200 miles per second, astronomers believe that the description as a super-super-sonic jet exhaust is quite apt. This is much the same process that takes place in a jet engine: The burning and expanding gases are deflected by the engine walls through a nozzle to form long, collimated jets of hot air at high speeds. M2-9 is 2,100 light-years away in the constellation Ophiucus. The observation was taken Aug. 2, 1997 by the Hubble telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. In this image, neutral oxygen is shown in red, once-ionized nitrogen in green, and twice-ionized oxygen in blue.
Structural Dynamic Test Vehicle, Hubble Space Telescope. Built in 1975 for testing purposes. Refurbished in 1996 to make it more similar to the actual HST. National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC, USA.
Satellite with different colors when brightness increased 600% and a max mag in Sony PMB software.
Taken with Meade LS6, MaxView40 lens and adapter, and Sony CX550V HD HandyCam. Camera 9X optical, low lux on, manual focus .9m. Single HD video frame, tone 10, sharp 100, bright 600,
This image uses the element of art: space. This is because the subject is the dog, however, there is a lot of space around the dog that isn't being used. I think that the most visually striking aspect of this photograph is the dog. If I could take this picture again I would bring the dog to another place where there's less leaves. Also, I would keep the person's leg out of the frame.
Two weeks after orbit insertion, Cassini glanced back at Saturn, taking
in the entire planet and its expansive rings. Currently it is summer in
Saturn's southern hemisphere. Notable here is the bright spot located
near the planet's southern hemisphere, where the line from the day and
night side of the planet meets. The angle of illumination hints at
Saturn's tilt relative to the Sun.
The image was taken in visible red light with the Cassini spacecraft wide
angle camera on July 13, 2004, from a distance of about 5 million
kilometers (3.1 million miles) from Saturn. The Sun-Saturn-spacecraft,
or phase angle of this image is 95 degrees. The image scale is 299
kilometers (186 miles) per pixel. Contrast has been enhanced slightly
to aid visibility.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the
European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in
Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Office of Space
Science, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras,
were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based
at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.
For more information, about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit,
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/ and the Cassini imaging team home page,
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Dione floats past, with Saturn's rings beyond.
This view looks toward the anti-Saturn side of Dione (1,126 kilometers, or 700 miles
across). North is up. The darker terrain on the moon's trailing side is partly visible here,
along with one of the bright linea -- the bright fractures that crisscross Dione's trailing
side.
The view looks toward the sunlit side of the rings from less than a degree below the
ringplane.
The image was taken in visible green light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle
camera on Oct. 26, 2007. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 883,000
kilometers (549,000 miles) from Dione. Image scale is 5 kilometers (3 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space
Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's
Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard
cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations
center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
The Cassini imaging team homepage is at ciclops.org .
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most accomplished orbiter, the champion of the shuttle fleet. Discovery flew on 39 Earth-orbital missions, spent a total of 365 days in space, and traveled almost 240 million kilometers (150 million miles)--more than the other orbiters. It shuttled 184 men and women into space and back, many of whom flew more than once, for a record-setting total crew count of 251.
Because Discovery flew every kind of mission the Space Shuttle was meant to fly, it embodies well the 30-year history of U.S. human spaceflight from 1981 to 2011. Named for renowned sailing ships of exploration, Discovery is preserved as intact as possible as it last flew in 2011 on the 133rd Space Shuttle mission.
NASA transferred Discovery to the Smithsonian in April 2012 after a delivery flight over the nation's capital.
Keith, Ryan, and I visited the Space Center while we were in Houston. I thought it a bit...undersized, but I still got lots of reference pictures of rocket engines and such. And it's always fun to learn a little more about spacecraft.
See the blog post for more info: Tour of NASA Ames Research Center
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