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The space shuttle Endeavour and the STS-126 crew landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California after completing a mission to the International Space Station.
This morning we were watching the news and saw that the weather in Florida was too bad for the space shuttle Endeavour to land. NASA canceled the Florida landing and redirected the shuttle to Edwards Air Force Base out in the California desert.
So we looked at each other and said, "That sounds like fun!" Then we jumped in the car and took off. I thought we would be able to get closer to the landing area than we did, but we weren't that lucky. The MPs came and chased us away from the first place we stopped, which wasn't really all that much better than where I took these photos.
The excitement was intense, but the actual performance was severely lacking in my opinion—we were just to far away to clearly see anything. I didn't really see the shuttle until I got home a looked at the photos. I was "shooting blind" since I couldn't see it at all while we were there. (I think it's getting to be time to get new glasses; maybe my photography will improve if I can see what I'm shooting.) Julia was able to see it and she was extremely excited about it.
I'm glad we did it, though, so I can quit wondering about how cool it would be to watch the shuttle land. Maybe after I get new glasses I'll try it again and see if I get better results.
STS-126 Mission Stats
Note: I converted all the times to Pacific Standard Time, the time zone in California where the shuttle landed. The official stats are from NASA's website.
Landed: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 1:25pm
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, California
Mission Elapsed Time: 15 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes, 37 secs
Total miles: 6.6 million
Official Landing Times
Main gear touchdown: 1:25:06pm
Nose gear touchdown: 1:25:21pm
Wheels stop: 1:26:03pm
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Top Left - minnie getting a great tan
Top right - side view with minnie and cake base detail that matches the mini cupcakes
Bottom Left - Pete stuck in the sand with pluto trying to bury his bones. Pete was a last minute character that my daughter requested..."but mum he is the best".... BUT as he was soo big and would have been heavy let alone the time factor etc...I came up with in the words of the immortal baldrick "a cunning plan" so i cheated and did a head, feet and hands and had him buried...rather like my kids do to each other in the sadnpit.
Bottom right - cowabunga dude.... My favourite i am not a goofy girl but loved this guy from the tips of his long toes (to come in the next lot) to the hairs above his eyes....sadly his head is now gone in rachels tummy...oh well!
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U.S. Air Force basic military graduation and coining ceremony is held Jan. 21, 2021, for the 326th Training Squadron at the Pfingston Reception Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Due to current world events, the graduation ceremonies will be closed to the public until further notice for safety and security of the newly accessioned Airmen and their family members due to coronavirus (COVID-19).
This are pictures of my new clone base, be sure to check out my youtube(jedimasterproductions) to se more pictures and a video of it.
Base on the US 1947-55 Advance-Design, this was GM-Brazil's first domestic pickup which looked like this from 1958 to 1962.
Dordogne is a wonderful area for car spotting. Even in 2017, you can easily shoot forgotten French cars and vans from the eighties : Peugeot 305, 309, 504 Pick-up and J9, Renault 14, 9 and 11, Citroën GSA, Visa, BX, C15 and C35. It's like a living museum.
Aparcament empedrat, amb gual a la vorera, inclou un plaça per minusvàlids i cotxe elèctric - Paved parking, with ford on the sidewalk, includes a place to the handicapped-parking and electric car place
Detail of the base of an Ionic column from the Tetrastyle Temple (also known as the Tempio della Sibilla), Tivoli, Italy.
Date: late second century BCE.
Material: travertine base and column drums, which were covered with a layer of stucco.
Inset drawing modified from R. Delbrück, Hellenistische Bauten in Latium (Strassburg 1912).
Compare to the travertine Ionic base from the Temple of Portunus in Rome, perhaps a slightly later date by 25-50 years (note, for example, the difference in the carving of the lower terminus of the fluting):
A rice flour based roti/bread made with grated coconut, finely crushed shallots and cumin(jeera) and mostly rolled and cooked over the tawa/pan with bare hands that renders it a slighlty crisp texture outside and softness inside. That it is done with hands gives it the name "Kaipathiri" , 'Kai' in malayalam being 'hand' and "Pathiri" being a flat rice based bread. There are several varieties of these.
We ate this with stir-fried mussels .
New base is finished, hope you guys like, new video coming out soon, lower floor photos coming out shortly
Based on the idea of a thingbooth, raising a rock or turf wall on which to set-up the A-frame. There are still places in Iceland where you can see the remains of these walls. It gives ACRES more space to walk around inside and to set up a proper bed. We used pine plank and pegged it to the bottom of the A-frame. We also added teh small cross piece near the apex of the A-frame to give it more stability.
Based on the 1950's SM30 series, the first diesel-electric locomotive made in Poland, equipped with electric heater. They were in service until late 1980's, some SM30's are still used for shunting.
Start of my new Coaling Tower, based on "Brandon's Big Bunker" from the February 1964 issue of Model Railroader.
More than 600 Airmen and Guardians assigned to the 326th Training Squadron graduated from Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 24-25, 2022. Col. Chris Forrest, Chief, Research Programs, RSI, HQ USEUCOM, reviewed the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Vanessa R. Adame)
University of Puerto Rico Cadet Orlando Sanchez-Rivera checks in on University of Dever Cadet Carols Herrera during Squad Situational Training Exercise (SSTX) lane during the Leader Development and Assessment Course at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. U.S. Army photo by Mike Sweeten
My Blacktron Base, built March 2010 - My biggest moc since i came out from my dark ages - It started as a small outpost, but grew and grew, so that i had to stop the build because i run out of parts - If i ever manage to visit a convention i have to transfer it on a standart baseplate - I also tried to build some playable features and came out with a foldable entrance stairway, a Tower with a roof that can be opened and a foldable Ladder, the big canopie can be removed and there are several balconies to mount the weapons -
U.S. Air Force basic military graduation and coining ceremony is held Oct. 29, 2020, for the 324th Training Squadron on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Due to current world events, the graduation ceremonies will be closed to the public until further notice for safety and security of the newly accessioned Airmen and their family members due to coronavirus (COVID-19).
U.S. Air Force basic military graduation and coining ceremony is held Jan. 07, 2021, for the 324th Training Squadron at the Pfingston Reception Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Due to current world events, the graduation ceremonies will be closed to the public until further notice for safety and security of the newly accessioned Airmen and their family members due to coronavirus (COVID-19).
Members of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Honorary Commanders Program tour JBER, Alaska, Nov. 20, 2018. The purpose of the program is to increase public awareness and understanding of the missions, policies, programs and the people of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The program brings together community leaders from Anchorage, Eagle River and the Matanuska-Susitna valleys - who have close ties to the community and are aware of its concerns - and partners them with a military officer in command of a unit on JBER. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)
This custom media was made 84"long x 18"d x 28"h with a flush top on all sides. It features outer inset, flush wood framed glass doors, 2 center slab face drawers, and an open area with shelving for components. All atop a flat base, with a kick plate.
Brown Maple/Ebony
U.S. Air Force basic military graduation and coining ceremony is held Jan. 07, 2021, for the 324th Training Squadron at the Pfingston Reception Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Due to current world events, the graduation ceremonies will be closed to the public until further notice for safety and security of the newly accessioned Airmen and their family members due to coronavirus (COVID-19).
U.S. Air Force basic military graduation and coining ceremony is held July 30, 2020, for the 322nd Training Squadron at the Pfingston Reception Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Due to current world events, the graduation ceremonies will be closed to the public until further notice for safety and security of the newly accessioned Airmen and their family members due to coronavirus (COVID-19).
SLIDESCAN: Home of the Dutch Orions was Valkenburg Naval Air Station at Katwijk aan Zee. Since the eighties, in turn, a device placed on the NATO base at Keflavik Iceland and from the mid-nineties on the military part of the Dr. Albert Plesman Airport (Hato) on Curaçao. Initially a device to strengthen the existing two F-27 Maritimes of the Royal Air Force, later this three pieces after the F-27's were put out of service.
To budgetary considerations were late nineties three aircraft from service which went into storage at the company OGMA in Portugal, the other ten were in the United States modernized by Lockheed Martin.
Since the end of the Cold War, the aircraft was also occasionally used for crisis management operations, as the maritime blockade of small-Yugoslavia, the verification mission over Kosovo, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf region.
In 2003 it was decided to sell the aircraft, the end of 2004 with both Germany (eight pieces) and Portugal (five). The sale closed and in 2006 transferred all Orions and the Naval Air Station Valkenburg lifted.
Based on the serial numbers on the lenses, the year of manufacture for the Vigilant is 1940 and the Monitor 1941.
Retired Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney McKinley is greeted by U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Shane Holtz, 673d Force Support Squadron career assistance advisor, at the Professional Military Education center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, August 7, 2019. McKinley visited JBER as part of an immersion into the 3rd Wing and 673d Air Base Wing as well as mission familiarization for the Combined Headquarters, Alaskan Command and the 11th Air Force mission. McKinley served as the 15th CMSAF from June 2006 through June 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Emily Farnsworth)
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