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Space Shuttle makes apearance in El Paso (2008-12-10)
Here's a photo from the El Paso Times showing the Endeavour landing in El Paso atop its carrier aircraft. I've never seen the Shuttle launching, but have seen it atop the 747 four times: once ... [Read More]
ISS evacuation (2009-03-12)I see that the ISS crew was temporarily evacuated to the Russian Soyuz capsule today. A 5-inch * piece of space junk was expected to pass within the 2.8 mile 'danger box' around the station. ... [Read More]
Dang, I missed the STS-119 webcast (2009-03-15)I waited, and waited, and watched the time...and got sidetracked. The good news is Discovery is up safely. [Read More]
Is the life expectancy of the completed ISS only 6 years? (2009-07-13)This probably isn't news to people who paid attention and could count, but it appears that unless additional funding is sought, that is the case. The Washington Post points out that the Station will ... [Read More]
STS-114 Space Shuttle Discovery Performs Back Flip For Photography (2009-09-04)STS-114 Space Shuttle Discovery Performs Back Flip For Photography , originally uploaded by Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee . I know 'up' doesn't mean much in orbit and any ... [Read More]
Ares I-X/Space Shuttle twofer (2009-10-26)In his post on tomorrow's Ares I-X launch (maybe...weather "may be a problem"), Wayne Hill posted the following cool, and historic, photo of both the Ares and Shuttle on their pads. Couldn't ... [Read More]
Space Shuttles abound at Verna and Randy's place (2010-02-01)Verna's Photo of the Month features an interesting Shuttle variant. She's highlighting Dr. Roy Houchin's custom Shuttle, outfitted with a Boostervision camera and scale "crawler" pad. Meanwhile ... [Read More]
From Wizards Roost to the Space Shuttle, and beyond (2010-03-03)Back when the X-Prize Cup was held in Las Cruces, I made several posts about other space and semi-space-related attractions in that general neck of the woods. Here's one of the posts . Well, a ... [Read More]
A magical Space Shuttle launch over the Disney Castle (2010-04-09)Physics Fairies , originally uploaded by jurvetson . Early morning photo by Tinkerbell (a Disneyworld employee), posted by Juvetson with permission. Shared from Flickr based on the indicated CC ... [Read More]
Journeys to the ISS (2010-04-16)That's the theme of this issue of Boston.com's The Big Picture . TBP is always worth look. I snatched a copy of of my fav. "Space Shuttle Discovery is seen streaking into space (to the left) as a ... [Read More]
More on Starship scaling...starting with the Space Shuttle (2010-09-30)In an earlier post , I commented on Scott Lowther's post entitled Giant's in the Sky, Part 2. I have been snoozing because I missed Part 1 . In Part 1, he starts with the Space Shuttle ... [Read More]
A Space Shuttle video retrospective (long) (2010-12-11)This video compilation was prepared from engineering footage of the STS-114, STS-117, and STS-124 missions. Credit: Matt Melis at the Glenn Research Center. [Read More]
Bonus Space Shuttle awesomeness (2010-12-14)Here are the deleted scenes from the video Ascent - Commemorating the Space Shuttle . Watch it, and if you missed the original, go watch it too ! [Read More]
30 years of Space Shuttle missions (2011-07-04)Sources: NASA, RSC Energia, White House Office of Management and Budget, SpaceX. By Alberto Cuadra - The Washington Post . [Read More]
Superb Space Shuttle HDR shots (2011-07-10)Trey Ratcliff commemorates the Shuttle program with some of his favorite HDR (high dynamic range) shots - Best of NASA . I repeated three of them below. Check out his blog for even more and ... [Read More]
Space Shuttle display (2011-07-31)This is a display that I put together after the Challenger disaster. It includes individual mission patches (of the sticker variety) from STS-6 through -51L. I didn't receive patches ... [Read More]
Doing the Space Shuttle shuffle (2011-08-11)Orbiter kiss , a photo by Flying Jenny on Flickr. I have heard that the NASM's Udvar-Hazy annex will have two Shuttles on display for a short period - the Enterprise and the Discovery. They ... [Read More]
Space Shuttle Atlantis silhouetted against the moon (2011-08-28)Canon20d_AtlantisReturn 046.jpg , a photo by Vincent P Greenwade on Flickr. Click through for some additional shots of Atlantis. [Read More]
Space Shuttle document scans (2011-09-18)My wife stumbled across some of my Space Shuttle memorabilia and I scanned a handful of the items. I posted one here, and the rest are on Facebook (link is supposed to be public). ... [Read More]
Inverted Space Shuttle booster concept (2011-11-13)Scott Lowther presents this "interesting inversion" of the Shuttle stack, having two tanks for the SME's and a single SRB. [Read More]
A new angle on the Space Shuttle? (2011-12-01)At least one I haven't seen for a while. Stolen from Facebook. [Read More]
Interesting Space Shuttle concept (2012-01-11)08_00995.jpg , a photo by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives on Flickr. Here's an interesting concept with the 'shuttle' being surrounded by two canted tanks. The SDA&S Archive just ... [Read More]
Lego Space Shuttle (2012-01-14)Lego Rocket , a photo by livewoods on Flickr. Since the Saturn V was so popular. [Read More]
JSC donates Space Shuttle Full Fuselage Trainer (2012-01-17)It appears NASA JSC is donating another Shuttle training resource. The Fuselage Trainer will be given to the Seattle Museum of Flight later this week. ( PRNewswire ) Glad to see more ... [Read More]
Space Shuttle - "The Sweet Escape" (2012-03-07)With a hat tip to Sascha, here is a cool, albeit photoshopped, image of the Shuttle. The Sweet Escape by Richard Silvera [Read More]
The Space Shuttle is truckin' (2012-03-12)Peterbilt ad from the 1970's, via DRB . (All rocket girl fans should follow the link!) [Read More]
More on the Space Shuttle's final missions (2012-04-14)CollectSpace reports on the Space Shuttle's final crew patch, which will commemorate the delivery of the Shuttles to their final resting places. The patch was designed by pilot Jeff ... [Read More]
Discovery Readied For Mate to SCA (KSC-2012-2218) (2012-04-15)Discovery Readied For Mate to SCA (KSC-2012-2218) , a photo by nasa hq photo on Flickr. [Read More]
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) (2012-04-18)Untitled , a photo by Kemon01 on Flickr. [Read More]
Space Shuttle internal eye-candy (and some more from Udvar-Hazy) (2012-04-21)National Geographic has posted an unique look at Space Shuttle Discovery as it was being decommissioned: Space Shuttle in Extreme Detail: Exclusive New Pictures - Explore Discovery's ... [Read More]
Space Shuttle Endeavour 360° VR Panorama (2012-04-27)Space Shuttle Endeavour 360° VR Panorama , a photo by jurvetson on Flickr. Steve just posted several 360° circular panoramas of Space Shuttle Endeavour (click through to see the rest). ... [Read More]
Houston's Space Shuttle consolation prize is scheduled for arrival (2012-05-11)Earlier, I posted about the Space Shuttle mockup's departure from KSC . Space Center Houston has announced that it will arrive in Clear Lake by barge on Friday, June 1, 2012. This will ... [Read More]
ISS wrangles the Dragon capsule (2012-05-25)Eatlier this morning, the ISS' robotic arm successfully grabbed the Dragon capsule. Evidently, there was glitch in the capsules lidar that was seeing an unexpected reflection off the station. ... [Read More]
Johnson Space Center Houston Mockup Space Shuttle Explorer (2012-06-02)Johnson Space Center Houston Mockup Space Shuttle Explorer , a photo by PeaceLoveScoobie on Flickr. Docked and (almost) ready to be loaded for its trip down NASA Road 1. (We spent our last night ... [Read More]
Space Shuttle Enterprise needs a body shop (2012-06-04)There are plenty of cool photos of the Enterprise's barge ride on its Flickr group , including the following by user John Skelson: Keith Cowling reports that the barge operator(s) clipped a dock ... [Read More]
Space Shuttle swarm: All 135 launches on one screen (2012-07-07)This is so awesome! Turn up the volume! [Read More]
Space Shuttle Enterprise - exposed by Sandy (2012-10-30)CNN posted the following photo showing the collapse of the tent that covered the Enterprise aboard the Intrepid. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those adversely affected by Sandy! ... [Read More]
Early Space Shuttle Concepts (2012-11-27)After finding the Secret Projects Forum , I began poking around and found the US Space Shuttle Projects thread. I'll leave it up to you to explore as you see fit. There are lots of cool ... [Read More]
More early Space Shuttle artwork (2012-11-27)I noticed that the SDASM's early space shuttle photos are not copyrighted so I grabbed a bunch, which are included below for your viewing pleasure. There are manym many more cool ones, so I still ... [Read More]
F-22 and a space shuttle launch (2012-12-09)F-22 and a space shuttle take off , a photo by yacielcruz on Flickr. I think I may have posted this before but it's so cool that I don't care if I did. Click through to see the rest of this guy's ... [Read More]
Space Shuttle Structural Test Facility, Palmdale, CA 1978 (2013-02-25)Structural Test Facility, Palmdale, CA 1978 , a photo by Kemon01 on Flickr. [Read More]
Endeavour Fly-Over Houston, TX (2013-05-05)Endeavour Fly-Over Houston, TX , a photo by THE SPACEFLIGHT PHOTO SET on Flickr. [Read More]
Space Oddity by ISS Commander Chris Hadfield (2013-05-13)I had been resisting watching this video but finally broke down. And, man, I'm glad I did. Commander Chris Hadfield's version of David Bowie's Space Oddity is really quite good. ... [Read More]
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