Your favourite Shuttle image

[kane007]

Found some more cool shuttle pics...<br /><br />ISS01<br />

 

[kane007]

STS51 1993 flight

 

[kane007]

STS59 1994

 

[kane007]

I love this one...<br />STS 45 Atlantis 1992

 

[kane007]

James "Ox" van Hoften 1985 Discovery STS 51.

 

[kane007]

Overboard. STS 9 Columbia 1983 shuttle bay doors, Earth and Moon.

 

[3488]

STS 34 Atlantis. Launch of the Galileo Jupiter Orbiter. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

STS 34 Atlantis. Another Galileo Jupiter Orbiter release shot. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

STS 34 Atlantis. Galileo Jupiter Orbiter drifts away to begin the long journey to the largest planet in the Solar System, Jupiter, via Venus, Earth, 951 Gaspra, Earth, 243 Ida & finally Jupiter. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[adzel_3000]

Breaking the sound barrier.....

 

[crix]

That inner "clear" glass shield actually looks pretty heavily tinted. I always wondered how 'vacuum sunlight' would affect human skin without tinted glass protection. Is the rule basically to avoid any direct exposure? Nice pic.

 

[3488]

Boeing 747 & Discovery. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[crix]

Okay, I'm going OT a little bit here but wanted to share this anyway because I asked about it earlier in the thread.... a picture taken from LEO (in this case from Station) where you can actually see some stars. I'm still trying to find a direct picture of the stars taken by the crew of ISS or the Orbiter.<br /><br />http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/hires/iss013e10099.jpg<br /><br />/edit Ahh!<br />http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/hires/iss013e38348.jpg<br />Those weren't stars... bad CCD I guess.

 

[crix]

Wow, just saw this on spaceref!<br /><br />My new favorite (moving) picture of the Shuttle. Camera mounted on SRB during seperation! Gorgeous and high-res.<br />http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/shuttle/sts-121/mpg/srb_fd01h_ra.mpg

 

[crix]

Asteroid. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> Sleep.

 

[subzero788]

wow that is an amazing video, looks like the shuttle is going into hyperspace <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />. Thanks for sharing it with us crix

 

[strandedonearth]

That's an incredible looking vid, I don't think I ever saw the tiles so up close before. I was fascinated how most of the tiles have been blasted grey. I assume the ocasional black tiles are recent replacements?

 

[crix]

There's plenty more pics of the tiles here:<br />http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-121/ndxpage3.html<br /><br />Yeah, I continue to be amazed with this video. To think that this is not the Sci-Fi channel and that planet below is not some fancy CGI!! That's real life spaceship! Fantastic.

 

[kane007]

Some more recent cool shots - STS121 Discovery.

 

[kane007]

Peek-a-boo.

 

[georgeniebling]

the golfer in front of an Orbiter on grass?????<br /><br />Photoshop?