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The Space Shuttle Discovery rides atop "905," NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, on its delivery flight from California to the Kennedy Space Center, FL, where it was prepared for its first orbital mission for 30 August to 5 September 1984. The NASA 747, obtained in 1974, has special support struts atop the fuselage and internal strengthening to accommodate the additional weight of the orbiters. Small vertical fins have also been added to the tips of the horizontal stabilizers for additional stability due to air turbulence on the control surfaces caused by the orbiters.
In April 2012 Discovery was flown to Washington, where it is now on display at the Smithsonian, attached to the same B747 aircraft was used to first deliver Discovery to the Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 9, 1983. The following link contains a video of the loading procedure.
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Photo: NASA
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A memorial to the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger who died during STS-51-L, the 25th flight of the Space Shuttle program.
Commander - Francis R. Scobee
Pilot - Michael J. Smith
Mission Specialist - Ellison S. Onizuka
Mission Specialist - Judith A. Resnik
Mission Specialist - Ronald E. McNair
Payload Specialist - Christa McAuliffe
Payload Specialist - Gregory B. Jarvis
Ogle Earth wrote great KML to track Space Shuttle Discovery and ISS on Google Earth, by a Network Link to scrape cordinates from NASA website.
It shows actual altitude of the orbiters in good shape.
KML is available in this blog entry.
Bonus shot for week 9 of the 52 Weeks of Lego project.
Space Shuttle Discovery is currently on its final mission, delivering equipment to the International Space Station. I had planned to save this shot for the week of the final shuttle mission ever, but all the remaining missions I could find on NASA's website coincide with weeks of important events in my personal life that I would rather showcase, so here it is this week. I missed the launch by a few days, but the mission is still on, so it's still a current event.
The Space Shuttle Columbia Lands at Kelly A. F. B., San Antonio, Texas
Joel SternfeldMarch 1979
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90398732 :Piction ID--Space Shuttle Artist Concept 1978---Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---- Digitization of this image made possible by a generous grant from the NHPRC: NHPRC and the San Diego Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle Challenger comes in for landing at Edwards Air Force base, CA on April 9, 1983. Scanned from a slide, hence the poor quality.
6" in diameter. Cast aluminum--it's light a lighter shotput or a heavy softball. Supposedly something on the space shuttles was made of the same thing.
Out of this world public domain images from NASA. All original images and many more can be found from the NASA Image Library
Higher resolutions with no attribution required can be downloaded: www.rawpixel.com/board/418580/nasa
On a recent trip to Florida, we went to see the launch of the Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral. Even as an astronomy buff, it was more impressive than I expected it to be. We were a full six miles away (the closest we could get, even with pre-purchased passes), and the sound pressure waves from the engines actually shook the risers we were standing on.
When I first started my lunch-hour photo strolls I specifically purchased an inexpensive point and shoot. The Fuji A205 was $35 from someone on Craigslist. A 2MP camera that came with a memory card which stored no more than 24 photos: a digital roll of film. Having that self-imposed restriction for a year or so went a long way to shaping my approach to photography. The camera has been sitting around not doing much for a while so recently I gave it to my son who enjoys photographing us (especially his little sister) and his toys. Uploaded for Camera Pr0n Friday.
All my photos shot with the A205 that I've uploaded to flickr:
Pima Air and Space Museum
Candy-Coated Peanuts (M&Ms)
M&Ms are a popular snack enjoyed by astronauts, being flown on over 130 space missions since 1981. This package is typical of those used on missions in the mid-1980s. Because NASA does not allow the use of brand names on space missions, the Mars Corporation packages M&Ms labeled simply as "candy-coated chocolates" and "candy-coated peanuts." M&Ms are perfect for eating in space as they are bite-size and do not break up into crumbs that can scatter in weightlessness. If an astronaut drops an M&M, its bright color makes it relatively easy to find.