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PictionID:54053550 - Catalog:14_032739 - Title:GD/Astronautics Models Details: Shuttle/Centaur Study - Filename:14_032739.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
1:37 (minifig) scale orbiter
This is version 1.x of a space shuttle orbiter made with 100% LEGO bricks. The exact scale is about 1:36.7, and this was arrived at based on the brick-built hatch, which is the first component I built. It has many features including:
* retractable landing gear
* poseable elevons and split rudder
* poseable SSMEs
* opening payload bay doors
* poseable Canadarm and Ku-band antenna
* room for payloads (almost to scale) including the OBSS
* room for minifig inside spacehab tunnel
* detailed flight deck and mid deck with room for minifigs; includes removable roof and side panel for playability
* operable side hatch and airlock hatches
* removable forward RCS pod and OMS pods
* crew compartment lighting
* Brick built nose countours and crew compartment windows
In version 2 I aim to motorize some components and improve some sections including the vertical stabilizer (which is a bit wide) and OMS pods (which are slightly oversize)
This was its first pass, over Berkeley/Emeryville/Oakland, view from Grizzly Peak Blvd near Tilden Park.
taken at Kennedy Space Center......l think the astronauts were very brave people . but the risk of something going wrong would not be worth taking a chance for me to have a go......l feel so sorry for the families and friends of the astronauts that were killed
Our flight from Baltimore to Ft Meyers put us 70 miles west of the Kennedy
Space Center on November 16th, and at the exact time of the launch of the
STS-129 Space Shuttle.
Captain John Goslink called me to bring my camera to the cockpit and get photos of the event, my very first shuttle launch. What a thrill to be at 36,000 feet to see this spectacle! We saw the engines ignite, lighting up like a huge fireball, then watched as the shuttle soared through the cloud layers and speed into the blackness of space. It made its twisting turn right about our altitude...then disappeared into space.
photo courtesy of Jim Hawkins
MDW Flight Attendant
This image illustrates NASA's Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem (MEDS), otherwise known as "glass cockpit." It represents a number of important modifications that have been accomplished on the Orbiter's flight deck. This photo is actually a recent one of the fixed base Space Shuttle mission simulator in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Mission Simulation and Training Facility. The fixed base simulator has been outfitted with MEDS to be used by flight crews for training. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is the only Orbiter so far outfitted with MEDS and will fly with the new display system for the first time late this year on STS-101. All of the Orbiters will eventually be outfitted with the new system, which enhances safety on the Orbiter by providing multiple backup display functions and brings the Space Shuttle cockpit displays up to date with technology that is now common in many commercial airliners.
“An exciting new capability for probing the space environment and conducting experiments will be demonstrated for the first time when the NASA/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1) is deployed during the STS-46 Space Shuttle flight. The reusable Tethered Satellite System is made up of a
satellite attached to the Shuttle orbiter by a super strong cord which will be reeled into space from the Shuttle's cargo bay. When the satellite on its cord, or tether, is deployed to about 12 miles above the orbiter, TSS-1 will be the longest structure ever flown in space.
Operating the tethered system is a bit like trolling for fish in a lake or the ocean. But the potential "catch" is valuable data that may yield scientific insights from the vast sea of space. For the TSS-1 mission, the tether -- which looks like a 12-mile-long white bootlace -- will have electrically-conducting metal strands in its core. The conducting tether will generate electrical currents at a high voltage by the same basic principle as a standard electrical generator -- by converting mechanical energy (the Shuttle's more than 17,000-mile-an hour orbital motion) into electrical energy by passing a conductor through a magnetic field (the Earth's magnetic field lines).
TSS-1 scientific instruments, mounted in the Shuttle cargo bay, the middeck and on the satellite, will allow scientists to examine the electrodynamics of the conducting tether system, as well as clarify their understanding of physical processes in the ionized plasma of the near-Earth space environment.
Once the investigations are concluded, it is planned to reel the satellite back into the cargo bay and stow it until after the Shuttle lands.
The TSS-1 mission will be the first step toward several potential future uses for tethers in space now being evaluated by scientists and engineers. One possible application is using long conducting tethers to generate electrical power for Space Station Freedom or other orbiting bodies. Conversely, by expending electrical power to reverse the current flow into a tether, the system can be placed in an "electric motor" mode to generate thrust for orbit maintenance. Tethers also may be used to raise or lower spacecraft orbits. This could be achieved by releasing a tethered body from a primary spacecraft, thereby transferring momentum (and imparting motion) to the spacecraft. Another potential application is the creation of artificial gravity by rotating two or more masses on a tether, much like a set of bolas.
Downward deployment (toward Earth) could place a satellite in regions of the atmosphere that have been difficult to study because they lie above the range of high-altitude balloons and below the minimum altitude of free-flying satellites. Deploying a tethered satellite downward from the Shuttle also could make possible aerodynamic and wind tunnel type testing in the region 50 to 75 nautical miles above the Earth.”
The above is an extract from the STS-46 press kit, available at:
spacepresskit.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/sts-46.pdf
Credit: spacepresskit/wordpress website
Unfortunately:
“TSS deployment was also delayed one day because of EURECA. During TSS deployment, the satellite reached a maximum distance of only 840 feet (256 meters) from orbiter instead of planned 12.5 miles (20 kilometers) because of a jammed tether line. After numerous attempts over several days to free the tether, TSS operations were curtailed and satellite was stowed for return to Earth.”
Above from/at:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archiv...
~8” x 9.3”. Date range of the photograph is based on the Aeritalia citation, date of documentation found regarding the TSS attributed to Aeritalia, and what appears to be a leading “8” following the signature? “Arstudio”. I have no idea if that’s an individual’s name or that of an artistic group/company, as Google searches were fruitless. A shame, this is a very nice work.
PictionID:54056228 - Catalog:14_032959 - Title:GD/Astronautics Models Details: Space Shuttle/Reusable Centaur Model - Filename:14_032959.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 Columbia being ferried back to Kennedy Space Center on 2001-Mar-5. This was as it passed over Tallahasee FL after Columbia was refurbished in California. Unfortunately, Columbia disintegrated during re-entry less than 2 years later. These photos were shot with hand held 500mm lens, hence the motion blur.
Space Shuttle Columbia being ferried back to Kennedy Space Center on 2001-Mar-5. This was as it passed over Tallahasee FL after Columbia was refurbished in California. Unfortunately, Columbia disintegrated during re-entry less than 2 years later. These photos were shot with hand held 500mm lens, hence the motion blur.
Space Shuttle Discovery, on the back of a 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, passes the Boeing office in Arlington, Va., during its flyby of Washington, D.C., on its way to the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center.
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PictionID:55777629 - Catalog:Space Shuttle Details: Space Shuttle Program; Charts and Design Concepts 1980 - Title:Array - Filename:14_037851.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
PictionID:54463840 - Catalog:1970s Convair Space Plane Concept - Title:Array - Filename:1970s Convair Space Plane Concept 03.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
This image shows a space shuttle external tank over the Earth after a successful launch. Check out those fields of green!
This is a supporting image for the "Sailing With NASA" blog, which is documenting space shuttle external tank ET-134's sea voyage from Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Credit: NASA
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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
At 11:29 on July 8, 2011 a 30 year program of space exploration enters into an uncertain era. "For the foreseeable future, the US, the first country to put a man on the moon, will rely on Russia to fly astronauts to the space station at a cost of 30 million dollars a seat." Former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said, "The space shuttle demonstrates America's leadership in space, and for us to abandon that in favor of nothing is a mistake of strategic proportions." One Million people gather on the banks of the Cape for this bittersweet moment. Their was a very low cloud cover and everyone was expecting it to be scraped with any other launch it probably would have been postponed. But with 10 minutes to launch the Safety Range Office gives it a GO.
Upon the return of Atlantis thousands of NASA employees will be laid off. This launch was a true tribute to them. One million people watched this launch from the Titusville area.
We were not on the Causeway for this lift-off, as we had done previously. We could not find it in our hearts to miss this. This photo was taken from Haulover Canal on the banks of Mosquito Lagoon. Not a great photo but what a memory. This was about 9 or 10 miles away. Thanks for stopping by. To the NASA employees....you did an outstanding job.
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Cockpit der Atlantis -> schön zu sehen sind hier die Hitzeschutzkacheln rund um die Scheiben
PictionID:54050464 - Catalog:14_032473 - Title:GD/Astronautics Displays Details: Satellite Booster Display Date: 10/16/1970 - Filename:14_032473.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
pictionid74765463 - catalog- s70-45063 image from sandiegoairandspacemuseum.org pleasa tag. image may be subject to copyright laws. - - title- dennis r. jenkins collection 1970 space history photo - - filenames70-45063.jpg
NASA Shuttle Bus- April 30th, 2014-
We live right outside of NASA here in Houston, They retired the 747 used to ferry the Space Shuttles after their flights. They retired the Jumbo Bus and hauled it in pieces to its final resting spot at the Space Museum on the NASA Grounds. They had to move all the pieces at night and it came right by my neighborhood last night! What an event They had everything shut down! It as quite a sight. It was stopped here for 30 minutes while utility companies moved overhead wires at an upcoming intersection, making for a great photo-op!
for the full story... go to www.chron.com/default/article/Clear-Lake-highway-set-to-c...
This was a shot from the beginning of our busy summer. We have been in the sun all summer and definitely have darkened up quite a bit. She's not showing it so much here, but she definitely is much darker now.
PictionID:53765785 - Catalog:14_032250 - Title:GD/Astronautics Displays Details: Satellite Booster Display Date: 10/16/1970 - Filename:14_032250.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
As you will have seen from the slides that I have been adding to the stream lately the images have been a fairly eclectic mix or Railways and Buses. They all came together in a case full of slides I bought a few years ago and this was also in there.
I have cropped it quite a lot so its a bit hazy but the details on the slide mount state '747 and Space Shuttle Flying overLondon Heathrow on the 5th of June 1983'.
Image from a slide in my collection by an unknown photographer.
PictionID:53765740 - Catalog:14_032247 - Title:GD/Astronautics Displays Details: Satellite Booster Display Date: 10/16/1970 - Filename:14_032247.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
My flickr contact Grant and I had lunch on June 10, 2016 at the historic Bomber Restaurant in Ypsilanti, Michigan (good food). The Bomber's name relates to World War II, when workers from the nearby Willow Run B-24 Liberator Bomber plant would frequent the restaurant. Today, numerous model airplanes hang from the ceiling, such as the Space Shuttle and its transporter seen here.
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I'm not a particular collector of space related diecast models but will sometimes dabble if I find them interesting enough. I found a couple of three vehicle sets in a Chinese bazaar whilst out in Spain and the contents instantly looked recognisable. They are exactly the same ones offered at Smyths Toys in the UK thus making me think they were made by Xin Yu Toys. A look on their website reveals they AREN'T made by that Chinese toy company and unfortunately its packaging only gave the name of the importer so for the time being i've no idea who actually made this Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Quite a small casting in the same vein as the old Corgi Juniors equivalent and not featuring any opening cargo doors, basic but fun.
Mint and boxed.
Kathryn C. Thornton, on the end of the Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System arm, hovers over equipment associated with servicing chores on the Hubble Space Telescope. Thornton and Thomas D. Akers changed out the solar array panels on Hubble on this second day of extravehicular activity on the 11-day STS-61 mission in December 1993.
PictionID:55777643 - Catalog:Space Shuttle Details: Space Shuttle Program; Charts and Design Concepts 1980 - Title:Array - Filename:14_037852.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
This image, taken by Van Wideman, shows a group of skydivers making a jump with the Space Shuttle Discovery launching in the background-- and it was on April 24, 1990, when Discovery took the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit!
My blog post about this (with more details): blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/06/11/diving...
Van Wideman on Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=687039863
As seen from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Launch was 6:21 am about 1 hour before sunrise. Distance from Ponte Vedra to the Cape is aprox 148 miles.
PictionID:55777656 - Catalog:Space Shuttle Details: Space Shuttle Program; Charts and Design Concepts 1980 - Title:Array - Filename:14_037853.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
PictionID:55777671 - Catalog:Space Shuttle Details: Space Shuttle Program; Charts and Design Concepts 1980 - Title:Array - Filename:14_037854.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
PictionID:55953656 - Catalog:14_038340.tif - Title:GD/Astronautics Charts Details: Space Shuttle Tug Program - Filename:14_038340.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