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Post by Steve on May 29, 2011 15:06:09 GMT -6
What's that rising from the clouds? The space shuttle Endeavour. If you looked out the window of an airplane at just the right place and time over a week ago, you could have seen something very unusual -- the space shuttle Endeavour launching to orbit. Images of the rising shuttle and its plume became widely circulated over the web shortly after Endeavour's final launch. The above image was taken from a NASA shuttle training aircraft and is not copyrighted. Taken well above the clouds, the image can be matched with similar images of the same shuttle plume taken below the clouds. The shuttle Endeavour has now undocked with the International Space Station for the last time and is currently scheduled to return to Earth on June 1st. Steve
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Post by casper on May 30, 2011 11:21:16 GMT -6
Wow! That is a really cool picture. Look how big the fire is coming out of the back! It makes the space shuttle look tiny. I'm glad it finally got to blast off. I hope they make it back ok.
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Post by Steve on Jun 2, 2011 23:00:36 GMT -6
Endeavour's Starry Night Credit: ISS Expedition 28, STS-134, NASA This luminous night view of the space shuttle orbiter Endeavour, docked with the International Space Station for a final time, was captured on May 28. Orbiting 350 kilometers above planet Earth, Endeavour's payload bay is lit up as it hurtles through Earth's shadow at 17,000 miles per hour. At the top of the frame, the jointed appendages of the station's robotic manipulator arm Dextre appear in silhouette. Motion during the long exposure produced streaks in the starry background and the city lights on the darkened planet below. Completing a 16 day mission, Endeavour made a final landing at Kennedy Space Center in the dark, early morning hours of June 1.
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