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Still captured from 1080p HD video on Canon EOS 5D Mark II with 2.8 200mm lens
Viewed from the Causeway (about 6 miles)
STS-126 - Night space shuttle launch from Sarno Rd. and Eau Gaullie Blvd, in Melbourne, Florida.
STS-126 is the 124th space shuttle flight and the 27th flight to the International Space Station. The mission will feature four spacewalks and work that will prepare the space station to house six crew members for long-duration missions.
Hand held - 1/20th second exposure, f/2.8
Worked on this today in lieu of the final launch of Atlantis. Maybe it'll get me to the tweetup for one/both of the last two shuttle missions. @mikepino if you're insterested NASA, i know you guys love to make mission posters, why not expand it to all launches and not just shuttle missions: sfa.nasa.gov/products.cfm
gizmodo.com/5496405/nasa-mission-posters-are-hilariously-...
Early morning, but still dark outside... you can see the line of a rooftop and some trees in shadow...
Take the Gemini-Titan Rocket Ride up to the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) platform, where you'll find the Space Shuttle Endeavour (by Kanker Greenacre and Jimbo Perhaps), poised to link up with the International Space Station (by Gearsawe Stonecutter). The Space Shuttle Endeavour (more commonly referred to as OV-105, or Orbiter Vehicle-105) is one of three operational NASA space shuttles. The other two are the Discovery (OV-103) and Atlantis (OV-104).
At the southern arm of the platform, the Hubble Telescope (by Kanker Greenacre) hovers in orbit, pointing towards the sky.
Over the eastern arm of the platfom are teleporters to the planet platforms, where you'll
find more replicas of spacecraft sent on missions to study the different planets.
- text by Opal Lei
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" is seen riding "piggy-back" atope the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the second free flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) conducted on September 13, 1977, at the Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. Moments later the Orbiter 101 separated from the 747 and made a five-minute, 28-second unpowered flight before landing. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were the crew of the "Enterprise." two T-38 chase planes are seen in the background. The ALT free flights are designed to verify orbiter subsonic airworthiness, integrated systems operations and pilot-guided approach andlanding capability and satisfy prerequisites to automatic flight control and navigation mode. Astronaut Vance D. Brand took this picture while riding in T-38 chase plane number five. He used a 70mm Hasselblad camera with an 80mm lens.
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Still captured from 1080p HD video on Canon EOS 5D Mark II with 2.8 200mm lens
Viewed from the Causeway (about 6 miles)
This is one of the eight support rockets that boost away the solid rocket boosters (SRB) from a space shuttle on SRB separation. It burns for 0.6 seconds, producing an enormous amount of thrust. There is a regular-sized office table in front, so you may get an idea of its size (unfortunately, I could net take a picture with a person in front of it...).
This is a real unit which I saw at World Space Expo 2007. I also got a great explanation by the booth folks.
Read this and other stories in my space blog.