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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
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!
The Space Shuttle "Enterprise" on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum located near Dulles Airport, Washington, DC. This shuttle was named after the Starship Enterprise following a campaign by Star Trek fans. The shuttle was used as a test vehicle and never flew in space.
The Space Shuttle Enterprise (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first Space Shuttle orbiter. It was built for NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program to perform test flights in the atmosphere. It was constructed without engines or a functional heat shield, and was therefore not capable of spaceflight.
Originally, Enterprise had been intended to be refitted for orbital flight, which would have made it the second space shuttle to fly after Columbia. However, during the construction of Columbia, details of the final design changed, particularly with regard to the weight of the fuselage and wings. Refitting Enterprise for spaceflight would have involved dismantling the orbiter and returning the sections to subcontractors across the country. As this was an expensive proposition, it was determined to be less costly to build Challenger around a body frame (STA-099) that had been created as a test article. Similarly, Enterprise was considered for refit to replace Challenger after the latter was destroyed, but Endeavour was built from structural spares instead.
Construction began on the first orbiter on June 4, 1974. Designated OV-101, it was originally planned to be named Constitution. However, a write-in campaign caused it to be renamed after the Starship Enterprise, featured on the television show Star Trek.
The design of OV-101 was not the same as that planned for OV-102, the first flight model; the tail was constructed differently, and it did not have the interfaces to mount OMS pods. A large number of subsystems—ranging from main engines to radar equipment—were not installed on this vehicle, but the capacity to add them in the future was retained. Instead of a Thermal Protection System, its surface was primarily fiberglass.
In mid-1976, the orbiter was used for ground vibration tests, allowing engineers to compare data from an actual flight vehicle with theoretical models.
On September 17, 1976, Enterprise was rolled out of Rockwell's plant at Palmdale, California. In recognition of its fictional namesake, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and most of the principal cast of the original series of Star Trek were on hand at the dedication ceremony.
On January 31, 1977, it was taken by road to Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, to begin operational testing.
While at NASA Dryden, Enterprise was used by NASA for a variety of ground and flight tests intended to validate aspects of the shuttle program. The initial nine-month testing period was referred to by the acronym ALT, for "Approach and Landing Test". These tests included a maiden "flight" on February 18, 1977 atop a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) to measure structural loads and ground handling and braking characteristics of the mated system. Ground tests of all orbiter subsystems were carried out to verify functionality prior to atmospheric flight.
The mated Enterprise/SCA combination was then subjected to five test flights with Enterprise unmanned and unactivated. The purpose of these test flights was to measure the flight characteristics of the mated combination. These tests were followed with three test flights with Enterprise manned to test the shuttle flight control systems.
Finally, Enterprise underwent five free flights where the craft separated from the SCA and was landed under astronaut control. These tests verified the flight characteristics of the orbiter design and were carried out under several aerodynamic and weight configurations.
On August 12, 1977, the space shuttle Enterprise flew on its own for the first time
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Virginia
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STS-119 Launch. Photo Credit: NASA
I worked the launch in Mission Control. It was my 5th launch. I'm a veteran now. ;)
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.
Image credit: NASA
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A fantastic, rarely seen view of OV-101 (Enterprise), at the moment of release from the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft during Free Flight no. 5 (FF-5), October 26, 1977. FF-5 was the final flight in the Space Shuttle Program’s Approach and Landing Tests (ALT), this one being ALT-16. The 2-minute, 1-second flight, crewed by Fred Haise & Gordon Fullerton, touched down on the main runway at Edwards Air Force Base (Runway 04/22). FF-5 was the first & only free flight to land on this runway, in order to simulate the conditions of an actual return from orbit.
Additionally…interesting:
johnmulnix.medium.com/the-final-free-flight-of-the-enterp...
Credit: John Mulnix/”Medium” website
The last three photographs are of FF-5:
www.spaceline.org/united-states-manned-space-flight/space...
Credit: Cliff Lethbridge/SPACELINE.org website
Additionally, the images posted by user “jacqmans” on 11/17/2006:
forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=5352.0
Credit: :NASA Spaceflight” website
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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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Explorer = 226 on Wednesday, November 19, 2008
It is hard to get a clean shot at night launches - the shuttles booster rocket exhaust is so intense - I am still trying different editing to get a better picture. One thing I know I will do differently if I get another chance is to not focus on the flame but on the smoke trail down from the flame so my camera doesn't underexpose the whole scene. There is not much hope of getting a clear shot of the shuttle itself unless you have a huge telephoto and focus on the shuttle ahead of the exhaust. If anybody knows how to do it better - please let me know!
Thanks
Scott
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JSC2009-E-242833 (19 Nov. 2009) --- The STS-130 crew members, attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, await the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. From the left are astronauts Stephen Robinson and Nicholas Patrick, both mission specialists; Terry Virts, pilot; Kathryn Hire, mission specialist; George Zamka, commander; and Robert Behnken, mission specialist.
A dragonfly sits on a weed near the Space Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, July 14, 2005. NASA officials are trying to determine when they attempt a launch of the STS-114 mission. The launch was scrubbed on Wednesday after a fuel gauge said full when it should have said empty. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)
Editor's Note: this image is part of a series that shows the designs of the "Beads of Courage" that will fly aboard Shuttle Mission STS-132. The text below is from the NASA feature, which you can read at www.nasa.gov/topics/nasalife/features/beads.html .
Soldiers, policemen and firemen risk their lives every day serving their country or community. Each day people stumble upon accidents or jump into frozen rivers to save survivors of plane crashes. We recognize these heroes for their acts of courage; medals, decorations and other rewards are bestowed upon them by an appreciative public official or superior officer.
How do you recognize and encourage a young child fighting a battle against a life-threatening disease? A battle that is no less dangerous and harrowing? A battle where the outcome is as uncertain as the dangers faced by more well-known heroes?
You present that child with a Bead of Courage.
Beads of Courage is the organization that provides the Beads of Courage Program and other innovative, arts-in-medicine supportive care programs for children coping with serious illness, their families and the health care providers who care for them. NASA and Beads of Courage sponsored the idea of sponsoring a contest for the best designs of a new bead of courage. These special beads of courage would highlight the role of the space program as space beads of courage.
The contest to design the space beads of courage ran from mid-March to mid-April and concluded with the selection of 17 bead designs. Realizing that only a handful of shuttle launches remained before the end of the shuttle program, Newton and Beads of Courage submitted a request to fly the beads to NASA. The Space Shuttle Program Office at Johnson Space Center in Houston approved the request to fly the beads as part of NASA's Official Flight Kit.
The space beads, designed by talented bead artists, will fly aboard space shuttle Atlantis with Commander Ken Ham, Pilot Tony Antonelli, and Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman, Michael Good, Steve Bowen, and Piers Sellers. The shuttle and its crew are scheduled to lift off on Friday, May 14 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After Atlantis returns from its mission, NASA will present the string of beads to Beads of Courage Inc. as a symbol of courage to sick children everywhere.
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Im pleased I finished this, I have to thank Lisa from www.quiltsbylisa.blogspot.ca/ as she posted her amazing Space Shuttle project, Lisa was kind enough to let me know where I could purchase the pattern which I should add was all done via the most generous Elnorac, big thank you to both you gals for your help. This isnt perfect and a bit of quilting will fix any imperfections, like any project we learn new things and I learnt, next time I will enlarge the pattern (thank you Lisa for that tip ) #paperpiecing #foundationpiecing
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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Columbia lifts off the launch pad on April 12, 1981, during the first launch of the space shuttle. This image was taken near the vehicle assembly building on Kodak color print film using a 200mm zoom lens and a 2x adapter.
This is a photo of the Space Shuttle on the carrier 747 passing near to my house in Orange County California, USA. This brought a tear to my eye having once worked for the prime shuttle contractor. It is an end of an era.
To travel through space is always one of my vain hopes.This is my space shuttle model which I bought last year.
Russian Space Shuttle Buran
Amazing ship measuring 36 m long, 16 m high and weighing about 80 tons.
The BURAN prototype OK-GLI shown in the museum was built in 1984 and was used for testing glidingflight and landing after reentry into the atmosphere. During this part of the project the OK-GLI completed 25 atmospheric flights between 1984 and 1989 and significantly contributed to the successful orbital flight of a BURAN shuttle in 1988.