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27 years, 39 missions, 149 million miles flown...now, a museum piece in the Smithsonian.
The most prolific orbiter shuttle, Discovery flew NASA's return to flight missions after both the Challenger and Columbia disasters, spent over 365 total days in orbit, and carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit.
The third of five orbiter shuttles built, Discovery was a much lighter craft (about 3600 kgs) than Columbia and Challenger, due to design optimizations. In addition to its milestone missions, Discovery was the orbiter which returned John Glenn to space at the age of 77 years, making him the oldest human to endure space travel.
Discovery is a key fixture in the Udvar-Házy complex of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum at Washington Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia, where it replaced the non-orbital shuttle, Enterprise, in April 2012.
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Recognition:
Silver Award - LightChasers FB photography group #explore2023 Nostalgic category
This is part of my Bay View Porches album. Located in Bay View, Michigan, a summer resort community near Petoskey, Michigan, this house is named Smithsonian above the steps leading onto the porch. It has a second level porch with flags attached to is bannister. The lower porch has a swing hanging on chains, a rocking chair, and a couple of other items. Of special notice on this porch is the rolled-up plastic sheeting beneath the eaves. This plastic which is on many of these homes may be to block the occasional chilly breezes, keep rain off the porch to reduce rotting, or even to prevent snow accumulation during the off season.
This Historic Victorian community of nearly 500 public and private buildings is on the National Register of Historic Places. Every summer, Bay View offers world class presentations of music, theater, internationally renowned lectures and educational seminars, all of which are open to the public. In October 2012, Bay View was awarded with a great honor of being selected as one of America’s “Prettiest Painted Places” by the Paint Quality Institute and is a 'must see' destination.
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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Many of the skeletons in the Bone Hall have been on view since 1881—first in what is now known as the Arts and Industries Building, and since the 1960s in their current form. The skeletons represent an unparalleled study collection of every major group of vertebrate animals. (3/27/2022)
I’m excited to share the news that my work has been featured in a short series for @Smithsonian Earth! You can see my interview and my photo, Atlantic Puffin & Wild Iris, on “The Wildest Shot: Inside Nature’s Best Photography” here: bit.ly/29DGHLS.
The angles and shapes on the roof of the Smithsonian Institution's "castle" building showed up so well against the blue sky. The building was constructed between 1847 and 1851, designed by James Renwick, Jr., according to the Smithsonian's web site.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Many of the skeletons in the Bone Hall have been on view since 1881—first in what is now known as the Arts and Industries Building, and since the 1960s in their current form. The skeletons represent an unparalleled study collection of every major group of vertebrate animals. (3/27/2022)
Photographed at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC. This tree was believed to have been planted about 1850, Miraculously the tree survived the devastation of Dutch Elm disease.
Local number: SIA2012-0659
Summary: SIA RU007231, Box 74, Folder 7. Photograph was taken during collecting expedition to arctic for the Invertebrate Zoology Department, Smithsonian.
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Many of the skeletons in the Bone Hall have been on view since 1881—first in what is now known as the Arts and Industries Building, and since the 1960s in their current form. The skeletons represent an unparalleled study collection of every major group of vertebrate animals. (3/27/2022)
It was far too hot to walk all the way from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol Building, so we made it this far, and turned back to see the White House before heading for the car and the comfort of air conditioning.
Statue of Spencer Fullerton Baird, Second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and "pioneer in American natural history," outside the Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building in Washington DC
The Smithsonian Institution Building was designed by prominent New York architect James Renwick, Jr. and erected between 1847 and 1855 on the Mall. It was built to house the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian was established following the generous bequest of approximately $500,000 by James Smithson, an English scientist.
By the terms of the will, Smithson’s estate was to pass to his nephew following Smithson’s death in 1829. If the nephew should die without direct heirs, the will ordered, the estate was then to become the property of the United States government. The United States acquired the funds when the contested bequest was settled in the British courts in London in 1838 after the death of Smithson’s nephew. Smithson had merely stated that the funds were to be used for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge”.
As the first building created for the new institution, this structure—now known as the Castle—was designed to house many types of activities, including a large storage room on the first floor designed for the exchange of scientific publications with other institutions and museums, a suite of rooms for the family of the Institution’s Secretary, various natural history research rooms and laboratories, a reading room, a library, and a large lecture room. Two small rooms saw use as a museum of scientific instruments and an art gallery.