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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.
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PictionID:50436579 - Catalog:14_027298 - Title:GD/Astronautics Charts Details: U.S. Manned Space Flight Overview - Filename:14_027298.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
A closeup of the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) of the Space Shuttle Discovery. These were used in the ascent stage of flight, in addition to the Solid Rocket Boosters, to lift the shuttle into orbit. Each of these Rocketdyne RS-25 engines produced a maximum thrust of 418,000 lbf at sea level, and 512,300 lbf in a vacuum.
PictionID:55773501 - Catalog:GD/Astronautics Experiments Details: Space Shuttle Booster Phase Experiment - Title:Array - Filename:14_037542.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
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
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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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 ;)
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.
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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Discovery at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's annex Dulles International Airport Fairfax County, Virginia
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
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.
Caption: In case you’ve never seen them, this is what the tiles look like up close. They are part of the orbiter’s thermal protection system or TPS and they are made of coated silica ceramics. Their job is to protect the underside of the orbiter from the extreme heat when the shuttle reenters Earth’s atmosphere. By the way, I looked it up….reentry temperature can exceed 2300 degrees Fahrenheit! Umm, yeah. Hot.
Image credit: NASA
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In this aerial view, the tail of the orbiter Discovery can be seen as it begins rolling out of the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 1 (center left of photo). Behind it is the tow-way, which leads from the Shuttle Landing Facility past the OPF. In the foreground is the new road under construction as part of the Safe Haven project. And at right is the one of two crawlers used to move the Shuttles to the launch pad. Discovery is moving to the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking with an external tank and solid rocket boosters before its launch on mission STS-103. The launch date is currently under review for early December. STS-103, the third Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, is a "call-up" due to the need to replace portions of the pointing system, the gyros, which have begun to fail on the Hubble Space Telescope. Although Hubble is operating normally and conducting its scientific observations, only three of its six gyroscopes are working properly. The gyroscopes allow the telescope to point at stars, galaxies and planets. The STS-103 crew will also be replacing a Fine Guidance Sensor and an older computer with a new enhanced model, an older data tape recorder with a solid-state digital recorder, a failed spare transmitter with a new one, and degraded insulation on the telescope with new thermal insulation. The crew will also install a Battery Voltage/Temperature Improvement Kit to protect the spacecraft batteries from overcharging and overheating when the telescope goes into a safe mode. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
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JSC2008-E-044936 (3 June 2008) --- Astronauts Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper and Robert S. (Shane) Kimbrough, both STS-126 mission specialists, prepare for a Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) mockup (out of frame) training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Stefanyshyn-Piper and Kimbrough are wearing training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits.
When I went to the souvenir area, and cramped myself in the furthest corner, I could _almost_ fit the entire thing in the objective. Tip: Bring a wide angle lens if you are going to photograph a spacecraft!
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