#Space Shuttle Program

[lonestarflight]

The upper fuselage is being installed onto Atlantis' lower fuselage, with the crew module already secured.

Date: April 25, 1984

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#Space Shuttle #Space Shuttle Atlantis #Atlantis #OV-104 #Orbiter #NASA #Space Shuttle Program #construction #April #1984 #Palmdale #California #Rockwell International #my post

[fuckablerobotbracket]

#fuckablerobotbracket #toyota 8fgcu20 #forklift #canadarm #space shuttle program

[lonestarbattleship]

What could have been had Congress funded the booster for Skylab.

Screenshot from "For all Mankind" link

#for all mankind #Skylab #space shuttle #NASA #spoliers #alt history #space station #Space Shuttle Program #my post

[oldkitty]

"What a treat. And so many things, I can't get. I'm like a little kid with ice cream; I don't know where to start." CMP Ken Mattingly, expressing his joy while getting pictures of the moon on day 4 of Apollo 16's lunar mission. RIP.

Source and credit to: Andy Saunders @AndySaunders_1

S69-62237 (1969) --- Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II.

Source: NASA Johnson

CC BY-NC - Non-Commercial

#ken mattingly #nasa #apollo #STS #space shuttle program

[angelsxgh]

that one interview with sally ride in 1980 is MY roman empire

#sally ride #THE TONGUE THING #good god #aerospace #space #space shuttle program

[an-atlas-or-other]

I dont know why the crew portrait of STS-102 is so funny to me.

Look at it. It's so funny. The stellar editing. The hair. They look like teachers in a high school sitcom. Some of them look like teachers at my high school. I love the way they threw the three pictures together on top of another photo and haphazardly edited in the ISS in the corner like they forgot they had to include it. And something about it is so 70's to me, I don't know why.

#and yes #that was #in fact #a star pun #puns #iss #international space station #space #shitpost #STS-102 #space shuttle #space shuttle program

[lord-of-plants]

STS my beloathed

#why not #My trash #The space shuttle is garbage and you know it #space shuttle program

[chernobog13]

A cutaway diagram of the space shuttle.

#space shuttle #American space program #cutaway diagram

[nocternalrandomness]

STS-132 - Atlantis - EOM: 26 May 2010 - KSC

#Space Shuttle #Atlantis #STS-132 #Orbiter #NASA #spacecraft #KSC #Kennedy space center #aerospace #space program

[histonics]

#buran #ussr #soviet era #end of the soviet union #soviet union #cosmonaut #soviet space program #energia #space shuttle

[sepdet]

Holy fuck y'all

Flickr account: NASA on the Commons

I haven't seen some of these photos in decades, and some I've never seen, and anyways

Crew of shuttle Atlantis playing peekaboo with crew of old Russian space station Mir (RIP) Nov 24, 1995

Q: why do most space photos showing spacecraft have no stars?

Discovery's maneuvering thrusters angled for pitch up, main engines at low burn, July 6, 2006

Discovery pulling in to dock with ISS, July 6, 2006

Endeavour departs ISS, March 24, 2008— note how bright the shadows are from the sun-glare off clouds.

Discovery over Southwest coast of Morocco as ISS and Discovery bid farewell and take photos of one another for final time on March 7, 2011.

Hint: Is it day or night in these photos?

Astronaut Charles M. Duke drilling, photographed by John W. Young (Hey, he flew on the first space shuttle!) April 21, 1972.

Pilot Harrison Schmidt bagging what they hope is a lava sample, Apollo 17, Dec 13, 1972.

International Space Station taken by Discovery undocking March 25, 2009.

Stars don't show in most photos of spacecraft because sunlight illuminates surfaces far more brightly than distant stars shine. In fact, sunlight in Earth's orbit is brighter in space, since air scatters enough light rays to turn their wavelength blue.

Columbia 😭 liftoff STS-50, June 25, 1992. Gods I miss ya, little sister.

But the sun covers less sky (or, to put it another way, the photons it emits kerp spreading out over an increasingly large sphere of space) for Mars and the outer planets, so its light is dimmer, until it's just another star.

Enhanced contrast version of first image of another planet, Mars by Mariner 3, July 15, 1965. 6 years before you were born doesn't feel that long ago... does it? Does it? How dare it start feeling that way to me! ;)

There's so many more amazing images on that channel, including planets/moons. Go look. Cool stuff.

#nasa #iss #mir #space shuttle #apollo program #the moon #the earth

[lonestarflight]

Workers removing the Space Shuttle Enterprise from the 747 SCA in the Mate-Demate Device at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Date: April 25, 1979

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#Space Shuttle #Space Shuttle Enterprise #Enterprise #OV-101 #Orbiter #NASA #Space Shuttle Program #Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft #Boeing 747 SCA #Boeing 747 #747 #Shuttle Carrier Aircraft #Mate-Demate Device #MDD #Kennedy Space Center #KSC #Florida #April #1979 #my post

[fuckablerobotbracket]

#fuckablerobotbracket #wink #wimp witch #canadarm #space shuttle program

[spacecdt]

This rare view shows two Space Shuttles on adjacent pads at Launch Complex 39 with the Rotating Service Structures (RSR) retracted. Space Shuttle Columbia (foreground) is seen on Pad A awaiting STS-35, and Space Shuttle Discovery was beginning preparations on Pad B for STS-41.

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#go for queue deploy #nasa #space shuttle #columbia #discovery #nasa space shuttle #space #spaceflight #space exploration #space is cool #space program #science #engineering #stem #history #historic #rare

[the-technicolor-whiscash]

Today in space, it's the Hubble Telescope's 34th birthday!

34 years ago today, on April 24th, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope launched into low earth orbit within the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery.

Though not the first space telescope, the Hubble was and still remains one of the most powerful. Its placement in low earth orbit allows the telescope to see and photograph distant stars, galaxies, and other space objects without the pesky atmosphere getting in the way.

When initially launched, the Hubble had a problem. Its mirror was flawed. It had been made according to incorrect specifications. This caused significant issues in imaging and photography, and NASA had to work quickly to determine a fix so that the telescope would not be abandoned. The versatility of the Space Shuttle to work in space allowed NASA astronauts to provide repairs to the Hubble, and in 1993 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, astronauts serviced the telescope and replaced lenses in order to resolve the issue.

Since then, the Hubble has provided groundbreaking imagery of space, expanding our knowledge of the universe considerably. Without the impediment of the atmosphere, the Hubble is able to take clear photography of distant stars and galaxies... as well as places a little closer to home.

The last mission servicing the Hubble was STS-125 in 2009, when astronauts on the Space Shuttle Atlantis replaced and repaired instruments which allowed the Hubble's views to extend even further. The instrumentation installed also allowed the Hubble to view light beyond the visible spectrum, including near-infrared and ultraviolet.

Though no further servicing missions are planned, the Hubble is expected to remain in use until at least the late 2020's. Pictures from Hubble are what many of us think about when we think about space. It has long been our floating companion, sharing views of the universe around us we could never have even imagined while on earth. Happy birthday, Hubble!

All pictures sourced from NASA. For more information on the Hubble and more images taken by the telescope, click here.

#the whiscash administration #nasa #space program #hubble telescope #hubble space telescope #space shuttle

[angelsxgh]

currently thinking about: kathy sullivan with a puppy

#kathy sullivan #kathryn d sullivan #nasa #tfng #space shuttle program #aerospace #space