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Thousands of mirrors, called heliostats, direct the sun’s energy onto a receiver, which was built using expertise gained from constructing the space shuttle main engine. The NASA spinoff receiver sits on top of a 550-foot tower.
For more information about this technology or any other spinoff, please visit spinoff.nasa.gov/.
Image Credit: SolarReserve
“SPACE SHUTTLE LIFTOFF. An art concept depicts a Space Shuttle Orbiter lifting off the launch pad with all engines burning in parallel. Solid fuel rocket boosters (on either side of the large external tank) develop 11,210,000 newtons (2,500,000 pounds) of thrust as they help push the Orbiter into space. Following burnout at about 43.4 kilometers (27 miles), the depleted boosters parachute back to a predetermined site in the ocean. They are recovered and refurbished for use on other missions. The large liquid propellant tank continues to feed the Orbiter’s main engines liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as the delta-winged vehicle nears Earth orbit insertion. Just before entering the orbit phase the now-empty external tank is jettisoned. The development of the Space Shuttle introduces a new, low-cost method of transportation to and from Earth orbit. Once operational (first flight is planned for 1980), Shuttle costs per mission will be about $18 million. By comparison Apollo 17 mission operations costs were $105 million. The Solid Rocket Boosters, External Tank, and Orbiter main engines are under the management of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, and the Orbiter is managed by the NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.”
Above per the caption of the widely published/seen 1977 lithograph equivalent of the photograph.
I’m not familiar with the artist, “ZƎЯAV⅃A .M”, nor the hieroglyphic/alien? “AƧU” on the wing.
Give. Me. Strength. WHOOSAH…it’s NOT working.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery
Udvar-Hazy National Air and Space Museum
Chantilly, VA
With the capacity of the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. completely full, this supplemental facility was constructed near Dulles International Airport outside the city in Virginia. Among the treasures on display there is the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Discovery was the longest serving and most accomplished Space Shuttle orbiter with 39 missions and spent 365 days in space. Over that time, it had a crew of 251 consisting of 184 men and women (some were repeats). Among its accomplishments, it launched the Hubble Space Telescope.
The shuttle program spanned 30 years from April 1981 to July 2011. Discovery's last mission ended on March 9, 2011.
Nikon D850
Nikon 16-35 f/4 at 35 mm
1/50 sec at f/5 ISO 640
May 6, 2019
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The space shuttle Discovery is seen from the International Space Station as the two orbital spacecraft separate on March 7, 2011 after an aggregate of 12 astronauts and cosmonauts worked together for over a week. The area below is the southwestern coast of Morocco in the northern Atlantic. During a post undocking fly-around, the crew members aboard the two spacecraft collected a series of photos of each other's vehicle.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: iss026-E-032252
Date: March 7, 2011
Editor's note: happy Friday, Flickr friends! While we can't all get this kind of sky view, hope you get to enjoy the waning gibbous moon in the skies over Earth this weekend.
This image taken by an astronaut aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-103 shows a panoramic view of Earth at moonrise.
Image and caption credit: NASA
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The main landing gear of the Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down on the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the STS-86 mission. Touchdown occurred at 5:55:09 p.m. (EDT), October 6, 1997. Onboard were astronauts James D. Wetherbee, Michael J. Bloomfield, Wendy B. Lawrence, Scott F. Parazynski, Vladimir G. Titov, C. Michael Foale and Jean-Loup J. M. Chretien. Chretien and Titov represent the French Space Agency (CNES) and the Russian Space Agency (RSA), respectively.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts086-s-015
Date: October 6, 1997
The Space Shuttle Discovery heads for Earth orbit on the first post-Challenger nocturnal launch.This picture shows a side view of Discovery, one of its two solid rocket boosters (SRB) and the external tank. It represents a good example of the "diamond shock" effect, in the plume from the main engine, associated with Shuttle launches.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s33-s-002
Date: November 22, 1989
Space shuttle Discovery, July 4th 2006.
This was my 1st launch ever, it brought tears to my eyes as it was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen :)
In this close-up scene featuring astronaut John Grunsfeld performing a spacewalk (EVA 1) to work on the Hubble Space Telescope, the reflection in his helmet visor shows astronaut Andrew Feustel taking the photo as he's perched on the end of the Canadian-built remote manipulator system arm.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s125e007493
Date: May 14, 2009
On display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's UDVAR-HAZY CENTER at the Washington Dulles International Airport
Hand held 5 exposure HDR
Another baby build that got knocked out of my Ideas project due to an IP clash. The back actually opens - check it out on Blockheads.
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The space shuttle Endeavour is seen on Launch Pad 39A after the rollback of the Rotating Service Structure (RSS), Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Launch was planned for April 29, but was delayed due to technical problems. Endeavour and the STS-134 crew launched on May 16, 2011 to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and spare parts including two S-band communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for Dextre.
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Image Number: 201104290008HQ
Date: April 28, 2011
The space shuttle Enterprise aboard the USS Intrepid museum ship docked in NYC. Well worth a visit.
There's a huge amount to see including many military planes of different eras plus a British Airways Concorde. Also the submarine USS Growler. All in all a terrific day out.
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
The Space Shuttle Atlantis streaks skyward as sunlight pierces through the gap between the orbiter and ET assembly. Atlantis lifted off on the 42nd space shuttle flight at 11:02 a.m. EDT on August 2, 1991 carrying a crew of five and TDRS-E. A remote camera at the 275-foot level of the Fixed Surface Structure took this picture.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 91PC-1438
Date: August 2, 1991
I have been building transformers lego models for two decades now, constantly growing my collection, there were always one thing left to do figure out.
How to build a combiner ?
We all know the limitations through weight on our models versus what we would want from certain bricks and their clutchpowers.
Bruticus and the combaticons were on my wishlist for a long time, so i have been working on those models over the past months, first working out each individual character and then the combine mode.
It needs still a support stand, which also serves as display stand, just to keep the weight up, he is very heavy, standing tall around 60cm.
Instructions available soon.
PictionID:54463868 - Catalog:1971 NASA Space Shuttle Interim Concept - Title:Array - Filename:1971 NASA Space Shuttle Interim Concept.jpg - - 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
The crew of the STS 61-A mission egress the Orbiter after landing. Astronaut Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., 61-A mission commander, shakes hands with George W.S. Abbey, Director of Flight Crew Operations at JSC, as the rest of the crew descends the steps. From left to right are Guion S. Bluford, Jr., James F. Buchli, Steven R. Nagel, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Wubbo J. Ockels, Ernst Messerschmid, and Reinhard Furrer.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 61a-s-140
Date: November 6, 1985