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For all of my contacts, thank you for being so kind to me over the past few months. For that, I give you my all time favorite picture that I took of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and her Boeing 747 cousin.
It's 1200 pixels wide and please, feel free to use this as your wallpaper on your computer. It's just my way of saying thanks for the kind words and here's to many more great pictures from all of you.
“SPACE SHUTTLE LIFTOFF. An art concept depicts a Space Shuttle Orbiter lifting off the launch pad with all engines burning in parallel. Solid fuel rocket boosters (on either side of the large external tank) develop 11,210,000 newtons (2,500,000 pounds) of thrust as they help push the Orbiter into space. Following burnout at about 43.4 kilometers (27 miles), the depleted boosters parachute back to a predetermined site in the ocean. They are recovered and refurbished for use on other missions. The large liquid propellant tank continues to feed the Orbiter’s main engines liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as the delta-winged vehicle nears Earth orbit insertion. Just before entering the orbit phase the now-empty external tank is jettisoned. The development of the Space Shuttle introduces a new, low-cost method of transportation to and from Earth orbit. Once operational (first flight is planned for 1980), Shuttle costs per mission will be about $18 million. By comparison Apollo 17 mission operations costs were $105 million. The Solid Rocket Boosters, External Tank, and Orbiter main engines are under the management of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, and the Orbiter is managed by the NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.”
Above per the caption of the widely published/seen 1977 lithograph equivalent of the photograph.
I’m not familiar with the artist, “ZƎЯAV⅃A .M”, nor the hieroglyphic/alien? “AƧU” on the wing.
Give. Me. Strength. WHOOSAH…it’s NOT working.
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Editor's note: happy Friday, Flickr friends! While we can't all get this kind of sky view, hope you get to enjoy the waning gibbous moon in the skies over Earth this weekend.
This image taken by an astronaut aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-103 shows a panoramic view of Earth at moonrise.
Image and caption credit: NASA
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The NASA family lost seven of its own on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, when a booster engine failed, causing the Shuttle Challenger to break apart just 73 seconds after launch.
In this photo from Jan. 9, 1986, the Challenger crew takes a break during countdown training at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Left to right are Teacher-in-Space payload specialist Sharon Christa McAuliffe; payload specialist Gregory Jarvis; and astronauts Judith A. Resnik, mission specialist; Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, mission commander; Ronald E. McNair, mission specialist; Mike J. Smith, pilot; and Ellison S. Onizuka, mission specialist.
Image Credit: NASA
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The main landing gear of the Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down on the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the STS-86 mission. Touchdown occurred at 5:55:09 p.m. (EDT), October 6, 1997. Onboard were astronauts James D. Wetherbee, Michael J. Bloomfield, Wendy B. Lawrence, Scott F. Parazynski, Vladimir G. Titov, C. Michael Foale and Jean-Loup J. M. Chretien. Chretien and Titov represent the French Space Agency (CNES) and the Russian Space Agency (RSA), respectively.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts086-s-015
Date: October 6, 1997
The space shuttle Discovery is seen from the International Space Station as the two orbital spacecraft separate on March 7, 2011 after an aggregate of 12 astronauts and cosmonauts worked together for over a week. The area below is the southwestern coast of Morocco in the northern Atlantic. During a post undocking fly-around, the crew members aboard the two spacecraft collected a series of photos of each other's vehicle.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: iss026-E-032252
Date: March 7, 2011
Billows of smoke and steam infused with the fiery light from space shuttle Endeavour's launch on the STS-127 mission fill NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A. Endeavour lifted off on the mission's sixth launch attempt, on July 15, 2009 at 6:03 p.m. EDT.
Credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph, Kevin O'Connell
Image Number: sts127-s-038
Date: July 15, 2009
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TOUCHDOWN! THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM ENDS. After 135 missions, Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center to end STS-135 and the 30 year space shuttle program.
Space shuttle Discovery, July 4th 2006.
This was my 1st launch ever, it brought tears to my eyes as it was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen :)
On display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's UDVAR-HAZY CENTER at the Washington Dulles International Airport
Hand held 5 exposure HDR
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TOUCHDOWN! THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM ENDS. After 135 missions, Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center to end STS-135 and the 30 year space shuttle program.
Another baby build that got knocked out of my Ideas project due to an IP clash. The back actually opens - check it out on Blockheads.
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The space shuttle Endeavour is seen on Launch Pad 39A after the rollback of the Rotating Service Structure (RSS), Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Launch was planned for April 29, but was delayed due to technical problems. Endeavour and the STS-134 crew launched on May 16, 2011 to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and spare parts including two S-band communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for Dextre.
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Image Number: 201104290008HQ
Date: April 28, 2011
PictionID:54463868 - Catalog:1971 NASA Space Shuttle Interim Concept - Title:Array - Filename:1971 NASA Space Shuttle Interim Concept.jpg - - Images 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
The Space Shuttle Discovery settles to the main runway at Edwards, California, at 2:13 p.m. (PDT) 20 September 1994, to conclude mission STS-64. The spacecraft, with a crew of six, was launched into a 57-degree high inclination orbit from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 3:23 p.m. (PDT), 9 September 1994. The mission featured the study of clouds and the atmosphere with a laser beaming system called Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE), and the first untethered space walk in over ten years. A Spartan satellite was also deployed and later retrieved in the study of the sun's corona and the solar wind. The mission was scheduled to end Sunday, 18 September, but was extended one day to continue science work. Bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center on September 19, forced a one-day delay to September 20, with a weather divert that day to Edwards. Mission commander was Richard Richards, the pilot Blaine Hammond, while mission specialists were Jerry Linenger, Susan Helms, Carl Meade, and Mark Lee.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: ec94-42750-4
Date: September 20, 1994
The crew of the STS 61-A mission egress the Orbiter after landing. Astronaut Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., 61-A mission commander, shakes hands with George W.S. Abbey, Director of Flight Crew Operations at JSC, as the rest of the crew descends the steps. From left to right are Guion S. Bluford, Jr., James F. Buchli, Steven R. Nagel, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Wubbo J. Ockels, Ernst Messerschmid, and Reinhard Furrer.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 61a-s-140
Date: November 6, 1985
A LEGO Technic scale model of the spaceshuttle. It has 8 motorized functions and comes with instructions for both a PF and a PU version. More information can be found on jeroenottens.com
“TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEM
An ASI/NASA bilateral cooperative programme for the construction of an innovative system composed of a scientific satellite connected to the Space Shuttle by a cord. The satellite is the responsibility of Italy and was developed by Alenia Spazio.
Artist’s impression of the Tethered system’s first mission (TSS-1): thanks to the interplay of centrifugal and gravitation forces, the satellite is deployed spacewards to a distance of 20 km from the Orbiter to which is attached by the thin cord (Tether)."
Beautiful perspective & detail, by 'A. Gigli'. No idea & nothing thus far.
7” x 9.5”.
space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/tss-1.htm
Credit: GUNTER'S SPACE PAGE
PictionID:55953670 - Catalog:14_038341.tif - Title:GD/Astronautics Charts Details: Computer Simulations - Filename:14_038341.tif - ---- Images 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
Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1989. I had an old Pentax K-1000 with a super cheap long 500mm lens for this shot. I would love to find the negative as this is a scan of a 5x7” print.
The primary payload, Galileo/Jupiter spacecraft and attached Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), was deployed six hours, 30 minutes into the flight. IUS stages fired, placing Galileo on trajectory for six-year trip to Jupiter via gravitational boosts from Venus and Earth and possible observational brushes with asteroids Gaspra and Ida. Secondary payloads included Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) experiment carried in cargo bay, and in crew cabin, Growth Hormone Crystal Distribution (GHCD); Polymer Morphology (PM), Sensor Technology Experiment (STEX); Mesoscale Lightning Experiment (MLE); IMAX camera; Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP) experiment that investigated ice crystal formation in zero gravity; and ground-based Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) experiment.