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Pima Air and Space Museum
Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment Assembly (TMG)
The TMG is part of the extravehicular spacesuit worn by astronauts during spacewalks. It protects the wearer against solar radiation, extreme temperatures, micrometeoroids, and other orbital debris. Small flecks of paint or millimeter-sized micrometeoroids traveling at thousands of miles per hour can depressurize a suit or vehicle, potentially killing an astronaut.
8.) Restraint Assembly Phase VI Glove
The second layer of the TMG spacesuit glove is the restraint assembly. This layer provides internal protection, with standing human induced pressure loads incurred during operational use.
My collection of Lego Space Shuttle sets over the years. Thes eare sets 1682 (1990), 6339 (1995), 8480 (1996), and 10213 (2010). This is not a complete set of Lego shuttle sets. I don't have 7470 (2003) or 3367 (2011). I also don't have 10231 (2011) but it's nearly identical to 10213 anyway.
Discovery's liftoff from as seen from USF, Tampa.
I missed the first several seconds thanks to me goofing the camera setup. Argh.
S84-30898 (16 Oct 1983) --- NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter 103, Discovery, is rolled out in formal ceremonies at the Rockwell International Palmdale, California, facility. On hand to greet the vehicle and the public are members of the 41-D crew--the first team of astronauts to man the new vehicle. Scheduled for a spring or summer flight in 1984 are astronauts Henry W. Hartsfield (right), commander; Michael L. Coats (second right), pilot; and Judith A. Resnik, Richard M. (Mike) Mullane and Steven A. Hawley (on left of stage), all mission specialists. Don Beall of Rockwell International (at lectern) prepares to introduce Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, president of Rockwell's Space Transportation Systems Division.
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Where the shuttle's hypergol fuel crosses onto the RSS. These same hoses were the ones that took so much damage on pad B after the Ares I-X launch.
Pima Air and Space Museum
International Space Station Model
The International Space Station (ISS) is a modular habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative effort between five different space agencies including NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), CSA (Canada), and ESA (European Union). The ISS serves as a microgravity research facility, conducting scientific research relating to astronomy, physics, meteorology, astrobiology, and various other fields. The first component of the ISS was launched in 1998 and has been inhabited continuously since 2000.
Space shuttle Discovery Mission Specialist Andy Thomas and Commander Eileen Collins are shown in an image from television during an interview with National Public Radio from the flight deck of the space shuttle Discovery Friday, July 29, 2005. NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin says he hopes the shuttle foam problem can be fixed before the end of the year, though he doesn't rule out another mission in the fall. In orbit, astronauts will move equipment from the Discovery to the international space station. (NASA)