Space Shuttle Discovery
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The space shuttle Discovery rests atop the Boeing-747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) just hours after landing at Dulles International Airport. This particular aircraft was the first ever to transport a shuttle, after being converted from a passenger plane for American Airlines in the early 1970s. It has ferried the spa...
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This is the flight deck of the space shuttle Discovery during her decommissioning process in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF). Several components are missing as part of that process including panels of switches, closed circuit TV (CCTV) screens, and storage lockers. During flight, the commander sat in the seat on...
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The space shuttle's mid-deck was a multipurpose area. Astronauts slept here, food was stored and prepared, scientific research was carried out, and the toilet utilized. It provided crew module access on the ground through the main hatch and in space through the airlock to the payload bay and International Space Station...
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The underside of a space shuttle is covered with about 24,300 unique silica tiles that have to be individually fitted onto the vehicle. Though extremely fragile, they sufficiently protected the aluminum frame of the spacecraft from the searing heat of reentry. The landing gear remained tucked behind the protective hea...
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The space shuttle Discovery is seen on launch pad 39a on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010 at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. During Space Shuttle Discovery's final spaceflight, the STS-133 crew members will take important spare parts to the International Space Station along with the Express Logistics Carrie...
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The successful launch of STS-129, Space Shuttle Atlantis on its way to the International Space Station. The shuttle launched at 2:28pm on November 16, 2009 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This gigapan was taken in a single shot, no post-production, capturing the launch as the second column shot.
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Id: heic0707a Object: NGC 3372, Carina Nebula Type: Nebula Instru-ment: ACS Width: 29566 Height: 14321 Hubble's view of the Carina Nebula shows star birth in a new level of detail. The fantasy-like landscape of the nebula is sculpted by the action of outflowing winds and scorching ultraviolet radiation from the...
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This is the Mission Success Panorama of the Phoenix Landing site on Mars. created by the NASA and University of Arizona Phoenix Scout Team, led by Peter Smith of University of Ariaona. It consists of several hundred 1kx1k images planned, acquired, and mosaiced by the Surface Stereo Imaging team, led by Phoenix Co-Inve...
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