Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Space Shuttle and Space Station Photographed Together

NASA ^ | August 31, 2014 | (see photo credit)

[Hot Tabasco]

If you enlarge the photo and look closely, you can clearly see this is a model you can buy in any hobby shop.

You're absolutely right! If you real close at the back of the station you can seen a small WalMart price tag.......I think it reads $29.95.....

[rktman]

Yup. With the 3 contenders for the next manned vehicle, for me, I can see the benefits of all 3 and since Boeing is so ingrained in/with NASA since Apollo days, they may end up the winner. But I just don’t see spending time and money on the logistics of ocean landing and recovery. Sierra Nevada is still in the running with the so called flyable “mini shuttle” and I’m hoping they can make it viable enough to be considered. Should be interesting for those that have an interest. When I wear one of my shuttle shirts, I get asked when the next launch is. NASA did a poor PR job. So much so that some folks don’t even know the program ended.

[Vaduz]

When the earth is gone and it will be the only trace of mankind will be the ships he sent into space.
Other worlds we will never know life is short love it and live it.

[X-spurt]

The better “muslim outreach”, when the halfrican King Putt departs, will be with a JDAM or some Eagle-eye sniper at 2300 yards.

[mikrofon]

Observers Ping: The waxing Moon is seen at dusk each evening this weekend, near Saturn and Mars in the southwest.

[messierhunter]

Strangely there are people who actually do believe it's fake, I was even accused of being part of the conspiracy when I captured video of the shuttle and ISS together for the last time on STS-135:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgoVGWazev8
A number of people claim it's fake, sometimes I still get messages from them. I received a message just a few weeks ago calling me a "space photo faker from hell" lol.