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Image Credit: NASA/Thierry Legault
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Trip to Washington taking in Alexandria, Washington Mall, Arlington Cemetery, Washington Nationals Baseball, Mount Vernon and Dulles Air and Space Museum
These are some images of Shuttle Atlantis as it was mated to the 747 at Edwards Air Force Base in California on May 31, 2009. This was prior to leaving Edwards on the morning of June 1 on the way to Biggs Army Air Field in El Paso, Texas.
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I needed to be at a work site today doing a Caracara (a threatened raptor) survey that always begins 30-minutes before sunrise. I was about 70 miles away from Cape Canaveral and knowing that the shuttle was launching this morning, I got there a few minutes early. I didn't get there in time to photograph the shuttle itself (although I saw it!), but I got to photograph the contrails it left later. As the sun rose, the sun rays on the contrails made for a cool effect. I'll post several of the shots I got over the next few days. The little puff of a cloud at the top of the photo is where the booster rockets separated from the shuttle.
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The Space Shuttle Enterprise, destined for the Intrepid, was carried underneath the MTA's Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on Sunday, June 3, 2012. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Brian Mullin.
STS126-S-001 (April 2008) --- The STS-126 patch represents Space Shuttle Endeavour on its mission to help complete the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). The inner patch outline depicts the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Leonardo. This reusable logistics module will carry the equipment necessary to sustain a crew of six on board the ISS and will include additional crew quarters, exercise equipment, galley, and life support equipment. In addition, a single expedition crew member will launch on STS-126 to remain on board ISS, replacing an expedition crew member who will return home with the shuttle crew. Near the center of the patch, the constellation Orion reflects the goals of the human spaceflight program, returning us to the Moon and on to Mars, the red planet, which are also shown. At the top of the patch is the gold symbol of the astronaut office. The sunburst, just clearing the horizon of the magnificent Earth, powers all these efforts through the solar arrays of the ISS current configuration orbiting high above. The NASA insignia for design for shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and for other official use as the NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by the various news Media. When and if there is any change in this policy it will be publicly announced.
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GD/Astronautics Details: Plant Research Carry-on Payload--Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
GD/Astronautics Details: Small Vertebrate Carry-on Payload--Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
PictionID:55773514 - Catalog:GD/Astronautics Experiments Details: Space Shuttle Booster Phase Experiment - Title:Array - Filename:14_037543.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
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6:21 EDT April 5 the last of the night shuttle launches rose skyward to the International space station. This was taken on Daytona Beach.
Enterprise, the first Space Shuttle Orbiter, is the centerpiece of the new McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. The orbiter's been at the museum since it opened last December, but the space hangar has been closed off while workers refurbished the Enterprise.
Now, visitors will be able to get closer, exploring the Shuttle and a host of other space artifacts from the ground level or from two elevated overlooks.
"It's beautiful ... very impressive," said museum curator Paul Ceruzzi. "It deservedly will be the center of attention." Visitors can't climb into the shuttle, but Ceruzzi says he eventually hopes the museum will have a shuttle cockpit displayed separately. He also says the museum is considering putting cameras inside some of the exhibits to give visitors a virtual inside look. And he hopes they may someday replace Enterprise with a space-flown orbiter, once the Shuttle fleet is retired.
Enterprise never flew in space, but it was crucial to the Space Shuttle program. Its series of approach and landing tests in 1977 proved the orbiter could fly in the atmosphere and land like an airplane, except without power -- like a glider (+ View Photo). Astronaut Gordon Fullerton, who piloted the Enterprise to its first landing alongside Apollo 13 veteran Fred Haise, rekindled memories about the test flights during a dinner at the museum earlier this month (+ Read More).
After those tests, Enterprise was flown to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, where it was mated with the external tank and solid rocket boosters and subjected to a series of vertical ground vibration tests. The orbiter was also sent to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it was rolled out to the launch pad to act as a "stand-in" as NASA prepared for the first shuttle launch
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Took in NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger (OV-099) (mission STS-51-L) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members, which included five NASA astronauts and two Payload Specialists. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39 EST (16:39 UTC). (Words from Wikipedia)
Did I mention, I'm an astronaut.
Thought this would be ok since apparently it's socially acceptable to lie your ass off everyday all day. Remember go vote, if we can't trust our politicians who can we trust?
PictionID:55773473 - Catalog:GD/Astronautics Experiments Details: Space Shuttle Booster Model; Experiment - Title:Array - Filename:14_037540.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
For years, the Space Shuttle Enterprise sat in this spot at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center out in Chantilly, Virginia. The Enterprise never went to space; it instead served as a test flight vehicle. In 2012, after the ending of the United States’ space shuttle program, the Space Shuttle Discovery was put on display in place of the Enterprise. During its 27 years of service, Discovery spent 365 days in space and flew nearly 150 million miles.
Originally published at sixtwothree.org/photos/182.
These are some images of Shuttle Atlantis as it was mated to the 747 at Edwards Air Force Base in California on May 31, 2009. This was prior to leaving Edwards on the morning of June 1 on the way to Biggs Army Air Field in El Paso, Texas.
Image credit: NASA
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PictionID:55776794 - Catalog:GD/Astronautics Models Details: Space Shuttle Booster Model - Title:Array - Filename:14_037789.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
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Skylynx also called Magnificence is a unbelievably talented, unsurpassably skilled autobot,
transforming from spaceshuttle to a dragon/dinosaur and the cargobay carried into a lynx cat
powered up with legoboost the beast walks in both dinosaur and lynx mode.
Legotransformers became a real study over the years or more decades now and i am suprised these kind of designs are possible these days after dreaming of models like this as a kid.
Big hug to Kevin, Skywalter for the dark azure part supplies ;)
Buran Space shuttle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)
Gorky Park is the central Moscow park, located in the heart of the city
Gorky Park is the capital’s central park, with more than 40 000 visitors on weekdays and 250 000 on weekends and public holidays. Since 2011 the park has been setting new standards, becoming Russia’s first world-class park and a space for recreation, sport, dance and outdoor games. Free entry, Wi-Fi coverage, new zones of contemporary design, a well thought-out events programme and regard for people have transformed Gorky Park into an epicentre of life in the capital, making it one of the main points of attraction for youth, adults and the family alike.