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The Space Shuttle Columbia rolls to Launch pad 39A from the Vehicle Assembly Building. Already inside the orbiter's cargo bay is the payload for the upcoming STS-55 flight, the D-2 Spacelab module and Unique Support Structure. This will be the second German-managed Spacelab mission. STS-55 was targeted for liftoff at the end of February, but slipped to April 26, 1993. The mission was the second Spacelab flight under German mission management.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s93-29849
Date: February 7, 1993
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
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is powered up for one of the final times as workers continue to prepare the orbiter for display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, CA.
This was its first pass, over Berkeley/Emeryville/Oakland, view from Grizzly Peak Blvd near Tilden Park.
I'm currently visiting family in Orange County, California. Today we drove up to Los Angeles to see the Space Shuttle Endeavor in its exhibit at the California Science Center. This may not be my normal landscape stuff, but I thought it was cool.
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
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.
Space Shuttle Endeavour as it is flying over the Los Angeles coastline just north of LAX, 21 Sep 2012.
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.
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
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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Retired Space Shuttle Endeavour on display at the California Science Center
Los Angeles, California
"Mission 26: The Big Endeavour:"
californiasciencecenter.org/exhibits/mission-26-the-big-e...
California Science Center:
NASA's home page for the Space Shuttle program, featuring links to history, information about each spacecraft, missions, images, etc. See:
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
Dramatic North American Rockwell artist's concept from 1969, depicting docked & approaching/departing "DC-3" shuttles at an orbiting space station. The shuttle design was developed, patented and promoted by renowned NASA Engineer, Dr. Maxime Faget. Note the air-breathing engines visible atop the wings of the foreground shuttle.
Although there's no visible signature, I'm pretty sure it's by Henry Lozano Jr., North American Aviation/North American Rockwell artist/illustrator extraordinaire.
In fact, Mr. Lozano was 1970 President of the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (SILA):
Credit: SILA website
See also:
Credit: John Sisson/Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera blogspot
Additional information and low resolution version of the image:
forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/127839-maxi...
Credit: KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM website/LOTS of cool stuff at this website btw.
Also:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_DC-3
Credit Wikipedia
The vehicle appears to be a variant:
Credit: Space Exploration Stack Exchange website
The following exemplifies a golden nugget, i.e., "WIN", that keeps me going down rabbit hole after rabbit hole after rabbit hole:
kssunews.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/previously-unseen-space...
Credit: Sacramento State/Associated Students, Inc. blogsite
Lastly, I had no idea there were this many designs/proposals & variations, wow:
io9.gizmodo.com/early-design-specs-show-the-space-shuttle...
Credit: Gizmodo website
Finally:
www.gettyimages.no/detail/news-photo/giant-winged-shuttle...
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.
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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
I feel a bit sad when I see an image like this. It reminds me that we have come to the end of an era for space exploration. But more importantly, it is another example of how we are losing our technology leadership in the world. From now on, we will pay Russia for rides into space on their launch vehicles.
This last shuttle flight would have been a major news story 20 years ago, but it was barely mentioned amid the usual wash of dumbed-down national "news" stories which tends to focus on celebrity news and baby stories. Image courtesy NASA.
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...
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.
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.
Die Booster des Space Shuttles in original Größe. Die Teile sind schon der Hammer. Und der blaue Himmel war ein schöner Kontrast.
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
4 exposures, combined in photoshop.
Space shuttle Discovery @ 11:59pm on my roof)
(Explored Aug 30, 2009 #456)
PictionID:53765770 - Catalog:14_032249 - Title:GD/Astronautics Displays Details: Satellite Booster Display Date: 10/16/1970 - Filename:14_032249.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
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
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