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Looking much different than it did later, the Space Shuttle appears in this comic-like brochure announcing its development to the general public.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Welcome to a preview of a new exhibition about human spaceflight since the 1970s-people traveling to space, living and working there, and seeking to move beyond Earth.
Like spaceflight itself, this exhibition is a work in progress. When completed in late 2011, it will highlight the Space Shuttle and International Space Station, and look beyond to possible futures in space.
For now, you can view some spaceflight icons and try some hands-on activities to test your space knowledge, explore your interests in space work, and exercise your decision-making skills.
We will keep adding objects and displays, so visit again and watch things change.
Come in and see... Are you ready for spaceflight?
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.
Smoke trails from the STS-126 Endeavour as it blasts off on the last night launch by a shuttle before its retirement in 2010.
"Man is now able to soar into outer space and reach up to the moon; but he is not moral enough to live at peace with his neighbor." - Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Made in Adobe Photoshop
(I just started a group for art inspired by or featuring quotes: www.flickr.com/groups/quoteart/)
Time-lapse image sequence from 7:15:00 to 7:18:13 pm CST. Captured one frame per second. 184 frames played back here @ 24 frames per second. In other words; 24X normal speed.
The station is maintained at an orbit between 278 km (173 mi) and 460 km (286 mi) altitude, and travels at an average speed of 27,724 km/h (17,227 mph), completing 15.7 orbits per day.
There is nothing special about this pic, except for the space-shuttle like cloud with a parachute, just above the mountains in the centre of the pic.
Space-shuttle's and Fighter planes while landing use the parachute like structure to slow down the speed on the run-way.
Though this pic shot is not too good, within 5 seconds tried another shot and the cloud had almost disintegrated out of form.
The vehicle(Innova) is moving at about 40-60 km/hr.
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.